But please don't change everything before even starting the proxy once, and then complain that "it doesn't work". At least to start with, and to ensure that everything works as expected.
But if this is the first time you install the software, and you don't have any good reasons to makes things more complicated than they should be, just keep everything in the same directory. It is totally possible to have the executable file in one place, the configuration file in another place, the cache files elsewhere and the log files yet somewhere else. In can be in your home directory, or wherever you want, really.
So, download this file and extract it wherever you want. There are quite a few files here, but dnscrypt-proxy-win64-*.zip is the one you want. Step 2: download and run dnscrypt-proxyĭownload dnscrypt-proxy here: dnscrypt-proxy binaries. Launch PowerShell with elevated privileges. The easiest way to use dnscrypt-proxy on Windows is via Simple DNSCrypt or YogaDNS (not opensource) instead.Īnother way for cmd user DNSCrypt-reload (bat script support Web Portal login). Once it is open, click on “Change adapter settings.Note: these instructions are for users familiar with the command line. Right-click on the network icon on the bottom right of your screen then click on “Open Network and Sharing Center.” It will be the 5 bars for a wireless connection or a small computer screen for wired connections. Now you will need to change your DNS settings.
Now, change your resolver settings to 127.0.0.1:53 Change your DNS Settings The registry key used for this service is SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\dnscrypt-proxy\Parameters Once it is successfully installed, you will see the following: The dnscrypt-proxy service has been installed and started dnscrypt-proxy.exe -resolver-name=opendns -resolvers-list="C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\DNSCrypt\bin\dnscrypt-resolvers.csv" -install Once it is successful, you can continue to install the proxy service by pressing the “Up” button and changing the “–test=0” to “–install” as shown below. If this doesn’t work, simply change the DNS resolver till you get one that works.
If your CMD window looks like the image above, you are on the right path and the proxy service has been successfully tested. dnscrypt-proxy.exe -resolver-name=opendns -resolvers-list="C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\DNSCrypt\bin\dnscrypt-resolvers.csv" -test=0 You will also need to change the file path to correspond with the location of the csv file on your computer.
You will can change the “opendns” section with a name from the CSV file, or you can update your CSV file by adding any of the public DNS resolvers that currently support DNSCrypt. Next, you will need to install the proxy service from DNSCrypt. This command will tell command prompt to look in the “bin” folder where the EXE and CSV files are located. Remember that you will need to enter the path that corresponds with your “bin” folder. Now you will need to open an elevated command prompt window by searching for “cmd”, right-clicking, and choosing “Run as Administrator”. Once you have your Elevated CMD window open, enter the following string.
Extract all the files by opening the zip file and dragging them into the DNSCrypt folder or by right-clicking and specifying the desktop folder as the extract destination. You can create this folder anywhere you want to, but the desktop is easiest for the purposes of this demonstration. Now, let’s create a folder on the desktop called DNSCrypt. If you see a newer version on the page, be sure to use that instead. Once you are on the page, simply click the “dnscrypt-proxy-win32-full-1.4.1.zip” link to download the files needed. As with every program you use, you will need to start by downloading the installation package.