Violinist does not display sessions

Question

I have the latest version of the script installed on two machines (v2.3.0), and web sessions are displayed on one machine, but not on the other.

This is using IE and Firefox on Win7.

I tried to delete my customrules.js and let the script create a new one.

I know that a broken machine does proxy traffic through the violinist, since I see the SSL certificate of the script when I go to HTTPS sites.

I set the option in the lower left corner of the window for all processes, web browser and non-browser to no avail. I can't seem to show the sessions.

Any hints on where I should look for what is going wrong?

Thank,

Kirk

Answer 1

In a rough order of probability.

• Make sure the File->Capture Traffic checkbox (obvious).

• Make sure that “All processes” is indicated in the lower left corner.

• Go to the Filters tab and uncheck Use Filters (I always forget about it.)

• The same goes for the Answering Machine tab.

• Click the Process Filter button on the toolbar once to make sure that it is turned off.

• Go to Help->About Fiddler and compare the port number with IE->Options->Connections->Lan settings->Proxy server->Advanced

• If this fails, clear the check box:

   Rules->Hide Image Requests Rules->Hide HTTPS Connects Rules->Hide 304s 

• To eliminate anything in the script rules, go to Rules->Customize Rules and add the following line to the end of OnBeforeResponse() :

   oSession.oFlags.Remove("ui-hide"); 

  (If this is fixed, something in your rules sets oSession["ui-hide"] )

After these steps, it is time to think about "application specifics." For example .net will not be a proxy for "localhost". This page contains special applications such as PHP, .net, Java, Win 7 phone, etc.

If all this fails, go to the Fiddler group and post the question, you usually get a fairly quick response from Eric Lawrence himself.

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Answer 2

http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler/help/faq.asp

Set the Status Bar filter to All Processes, make sure the Process Filter on the toolbar is not installed, and look at the Filters tab to make sure that the rules are not enabled. If you wrote or set any Rules (see Menu), check them too.

Answer 3

Just try

 Help -> Troubleshoot Filters 

Also, go to the "Filters" tab and uncheck the "Use filters" box or change the filter accordingly.

Answer 4

If the other answers do not work, right-click on the violin and select "Run as administrator".

Answer 5

I had the same problem and solved it by completing all the Fiddler processes in the task manager, checking the Show processes for all users. Another user on the machine that I am using (the borrower) still had a Fiddler session. Ending this session and starting a new one seems to fix the problem for me.

Answer 6

I ran into this problem, and as already mentioned, this could happen due to the proxy server.

For me, the problem was that I used a VPN Proxy extension such as Hola or Unblock Youku. So I just turned them off.