Select Enable System Proxy menu to enable system proxy. Please disable other
proxy addons in your browser, or set them to use system proxy
You can also configure your browser proxy manually if you don't want to enable
system proxy. Set Socks5 or HTTP proxy to 127.0.0.1:1080. You can change this
port in Servers -> Edit Servers
Generation modes: whitelist mode and blacklist mode.
Domain groups: geositeDirectGroups and geositeProxiedGroups.
geositeDirectGroups is initialized with cn and geolocation-!cn@cn.
geositeProxiedGroups is initialized with geolocation-!cn.
To switch between different modes, modify the geositePreferDirect property in gui-config.json
When geositePreferDirect is false (default), PAC works in whitelist mode. Exception rules are generated from geositeDirectGroups. Unmatched domains goes through the proxy.
When geositePreferDirect is true, PAC works in blacklist mode. Blocking rules are generated from geositeProxiedGroups. Exception rules are generated from geositeDirectGroups. Unmatched domains are connected to directly.
Starting from 4.3.0.0, shadowsocks-windows defaults to whitelist mode with Chinese domains excluded from connecting via the proxy.
The new default values make sure that:
When in whitelist mode, Chinese domains, including non-Chinese companies' Chinese CDNs, are connected to directly.
When in blacklist mode, only non-Chinese domains goes through the proxy. Chinese domains, as well as non-Chinese companies' Chinese CDNs, are connected to directly.
User-defined rules
To define your own PAC rules, it's recommended to use the user-rule.txt file.
You can also modify pac.txt directly. But your modifications won't persist after updating geosite from the upstream.
For Windows10 Store and related applications, please execute the following command under Admin privilege:
netsh winhttp import proxy source=ie
Server Auto Switching
Load balance: choosing server randomly
High availability: choosing the best server (low latency and packet loss)
Choose By Total Package Loss: ping and choose. Please also enable
Availability Statistics in the menu if you want to use this
Write your own strategy by implement IStrategy interface and send us a pull request!
UDP
For UDP, you need to use SocksCap or ProxyCap to force programs you want
to be proxied to tunnel over Shadowsocks
Multiple Instances
If you want to manage multiple servers using other tools like SwitchyOmega,
you can start multiple Shadowsocks instances. To avoid configuration conflicts,
copy Shadowsocks to a new directory and choose a different local port.
Plugins
If you would like to connect to server via a plugin, please set the plugin's
path (relative or absolute) on Edit Servers form.
Note: Forward Proxy will not be used while a plugin is enabled.
Hotkeys could be registered automatically on startup.
If you are using multiple instances of Shadowsocks,
you must set different key combination for each instance.
How to input?
Put focus in the corresponding textbox.
Press the key combination that you want to use.
Release all keys when you think it is ready.
Your input appears in the textbox.
How to change?
Put focus in the corresponding textbox.
Press BackSpace key to clear content.
Re-input new key combination.
How to deactivate?
Clear content in the textbox that you want to deactivate,
if you want to deactivate all, please clear all textboxes.
Press OK button to confirm.
Meaning of label color
Green: This key combination is not occupied by other programs and register successfully.
Yellow: This key combination is occupied by other programs and you have to change to another one.
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