How do I get Fiddler to stop ignoring traffic to localhost?

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NotMyself picture NotMyself · Oct 18, 2008 · Viewed 116.2k times · Source

When using Fiddler to monitor HTTP Requests & Responses in Internet Explorer it ignores all traffic directed to http://localhost.

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NotMyself picture NotMyself · Oct 18, 2008

To get Fiddler to capture traffic when you are debugging on local host, after you hit F5 to begin degugging change the address so that localhost has a "." after it.

For instance, you start debugging and the you have the following URL in the Address bar:

http://localhost:49573/Default.aspx

Change it to:

http://localhost.:49573/Default.aspx

Hit enter and Fidder will start picking up your traffic.

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