Since I have the same problem as in Bower it causes corporate proxy blocking , I created the config.bowerrc file in AppData / Roaming / ... as shown below:

with the following in it - edited with my own settings:
{ "directory": "library", "registry": "http://bower.herokuapp.com", "proxy":"http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_PORT>/", "https-proxy":"http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_PORT>/" }
However, this does not seem to work, as I am still receiving the following message in Visual Studio:

Where should the global config.bowerrc file that the proxy installs be located?
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Ewald stieger
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