[Privoxy-users] Privoxy - Application not launching

[Fabian Keil]

Simran Kaur via Privoxy-users <privoxy-users at lists.privoxy.org> wrote on 2025-01-29 at 11:10:03:

> We have tested versions 3.0.34 and 4.0.0, which we downloaded from
> Privoxy Download Page <https://www.privoxy.org/sf-download-mirror/Sources/>.
> However, we encountered an issue where the application shortcut does not
> launch, and it prompts the following error message:
> 
> [cid:image001.png at 01DB726A.BF2144D0]

It seems that the logdir is set to the relative path "." which means
Privoxy tries to write the logfile in the current working directory
where it doesn't seem to have write access in your case.

Changing the logdir directive in Privoxy's configuration to a
directory Privoxy can write to using an absolute path should
solve this.

I haven't used Windows in a while but if I remember correctly
you can also adjust the application shortcut to set Privoxy's
working directory to the directory the logfile is located.

> Please note that we are testing the application on Windows 10
> (both 64-bit and 32-bit) as well as on a Windows 11 (64-bit) virtual machine.
> 
> Could you kindly clarify if there is something that needs to be
> installed prior to the installation of Privoxy in order for it to
> function properly?

Privoxy should work without installing additional software.

> Additionally, we would like to inquire if the Privoxy application
> supports auto-upgrades. If so, could you please advise on how to
> disable auto-updates for all users silently?

Privoxy does not support automatic updates.

> We are also looking for a guide on how to perform a silent installation
> of Privoxy. If such documentation is available, we would appreciate it
> if you could share the details.

I don't know if the installer (privoxy_setup_4.0.0.exe) can be executed
silently but there's zip file (privoxy_4.0.0.zip) that simply needs to
be extracted.

Fabian
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