Visual Studio/C#: Nuget Unable to connect to remote server
Clearing HTTP_PROXY worked for me.
Let me fix it myself
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To reset your Internet Explorer proxy settings yourself, follow these steps:
- On Windows XP, click Start, or on Windows Vista or Windows 7, click , and then click Run. On Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, to access the Run command, press the Windows logo key Windows logo key + R. Or, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search (or if you are using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search). Type Run in the search box, and then tap or click Run.
- In the Run text box, copy (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) or type the following: reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v ProxyEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
- Click OK.
- On Windows XP, click Start , or on Windows Vista or Windows 7, click , and then click Run. On Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, to access the Run command, press the Windows logo key Windows logo key + R. Or, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search (or if you are using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search). Type Run in the search box, and then tap or click Run.
- In the Run text box, copy (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) or type the following: reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v ProxyServer /f
- Click OK.
From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2289942 Thanks @Sandy
Solved. that's because Visual studio is using fiddler http connection.
all you have to do is to open fiddler=> fiddler option => connection => uncheck "act as system proxy on startup".
thats all!
This started happening to me quite randomly today on Visual Studio 2012. A bit simplistic but, after checking if the Nuget site itself was up and trying the Package Manager Console, my solution was to:
Close and reopen Visual Studio
Suddenly it could connect to the Nuget server again and download my much needed packages.