FAQ

I'm not able to uninstall pRSSreader 1.3.x. What can I do about it?

See ManualUninstallation13.

My ISP requires special User-Agent string for the Internet access. How can I change it?

• Tap Tools | Options, select Retrieval tab, change User-Agent string to Pocket IE.
• If the above did not work for you, try to:
1. run registry editor,
2. open HKCU\Software\DaProfik\pRSSreader key,
3. change User Agent value to whatever you want.

I need to send special HTTP headers with every HTTP request. How can I do it?

1. run registry editor,
2. open HKCU\Software\DaProfik\pRSSreader key,
3. create Additional HTTP Headers value typed as Multiline String Value,
4. Insert your special HTTP headers here.

I want to run pRSSreader from my script. Are there any command line parameters?

Yes, see Comand line parameters.

I'm accessing the Internet via HTTP proxy and downloading of feeds via HTTPS is not working. Where is the problem?

Accessing HTTPS sites via HTTP proxy is not possible at all due to man-in-the-middle attacks. It is not the problem of pRSSreader. It is given by HTTP specification.

Note: Accessing HTTPS via SOCKS proxy server is possible.

Where is Skweezer option for HTML optimization?

See FAQ: How to use Skweezer with pRSSreader.

How to use Skweezer with pRSSreader?

1. Enter Tools | Options.
2. Activate the Retrieval tab.
3. Check Use HTML Optimizer.
4. Enter http://www.skweezer.net/skweeze.aspx?q=[%URL%]&i=1 (if you do not want images to be cached, omit '&i=1').

How to use Google HTML optimizer?

1. Enter Tools | Options.
2. Activate the Retrieval tab.
3. Check Use HTML Optimizer.
4. Enter http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=[%URL%] (if you do not want images append &_gwt_noimg=1

Cached pages are displayed in incorrect encoding. What should I do?

Every page that is cached by pRSSreader is converted to UTF-8 encoding. The reason is to prevent annoying switching of code pages.

On Wm2003 in PIE, go Tools | Options, General page, set Default character set to Unicode (UTF-8), tap Ok and do not forget to reload the page.

TODO: The same for WM6

TODO: localization info