Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 - Tools and Extensions Not reaching the internet

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I've just updated Visual Studio 2013 with Update 4, and my tools and extensions manager isn't able to connect to the internet.

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So, I thought I would post my solution to this annoying problem. My proxy settings for access behind my company's firewall had been removed with the update.

Go here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE find this file devenv.exe.config

edit system.net to include this:

<system.net>
    <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" enabled="true">
    <proxy proxyaddress="http://yourproxy:8080" />
</defaultProxy>
<settings>
    <servicePointManager expect100Continue="false" />
    <ipv6 enabled="true" />
</settings>
</system.net>

Note that you'll need to edit this in a text program that you run with admin permissions.