How to set up Proxifier with ZenProxy

Your proxy details

After you buy a plan, open My proxies. Choose the Proxy Type (Rotating or Sticky), the Protocol (HTTP or SOCKS5) and a Format, then copy a line. The generator offers three formats:

In the examples on this page, replace USERNAME, PASSWORD, HOST and PORT with the values from your line. SOCKS5_PORT is the port the generator shows when you pick SOCKS5.

Residential lines are either rotating (a new IP on new connections) or sticky (one IP for the time you choose). Datacenter and ISP plans give you a list of dedicated IPs, one per line as IP:PORT:USERNAME:PASSWORD, and each line is one fixed IP.

To test a line, open https://ipinfo.io/json through it: it shows the exit IP and country. For HTTP lines you can also use the free proxy checker.

Add the proxy server

1. 1Open Profile → Proxy Servers… and click Add….
2. 2Enter Address HOST and Port PORT from the generator.
3. 3Set Protocol to HTTPS for an HTTP line, or SOCKS Version 5 if you copied the SOCKS5 port.
4. 4Under Authentication, tick Enable and enter USERNAME and PASSWORD.
5. 5Click Check to test the server, then OK. If Proxifier offers to make it the default proxy, say yes only if you want all traffic routed.

Note: In Proxifier, “HTTPS” means an HTTP proxy that can tunnel connections. That is what ZenProxy HTTP lines are, so choose HTTPS, not plain HTTP, for apps that use HTTPS.

Route only the apps you choose

1. 1Open Profile → Proxification Rules… and click Add….
2. 2Give the rule a Name and list the app in Applications (for example app.exe). Leave Target hosts and Target ports set to Any to match everything that app does.
3. 3Set Action to the ZenProxy server you added.
4. 4Leave the Default rule on Direct so other apps keep your normal connection.
5. 5Rules run from top to bottom, so move your rule above broader ones.

Resolve DNS through the proxy

Open Profile → Name Resolution and turn on Resolve hostnames through proxy (or leave Detect DNS settings automatically on). Lookups then happen at the exit, so sites see a lookup from the proxy’s country instead of yours.

Different IPs for different apps

Add one proxy server per sticky line (same address and port, different usernames) and one rule per app. To make sticky lines, open the generator, set Proxy Type to Sticky, choose a Sticky Duration if your plan offers one, set how many lines you want in Sticky Amount, then copy or download them. Each line keeps its IP for the chosen time. The session part of a sticky username differs by plan, so always generate sticky lines instead of editing usernames by hand. For apps that stay signed in for days, use static ISP IPs instead.

Tips

• Open Proxifier’s connection log while you test; it shows which rule and proxy each connection used.
• Proxifier works on Windows and macOS; the menus are almost the same.

Troubleshooting

• Check fails with an authentication error

  Tick Enable under Authentication and re-enter the username and password from the generator.More on this error →

• The app still shows your own IP

  The rule doesn’t match. Check the executable name and rule order in the log.

• Check fails to connect

  Make sure the protocol matches the port: HTTPS with the HTTP port, SOCKS Version 5 with the SOCKS5 port.More on this error →

• Wrong country

  Set the country in the generator or add -country-xx to the username on residential plans, then check https://ipinfo.io/json.More on this error →

Seeing another error? Read proxy errors and how to fix them, or contact support.

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