How to I get Fiddler to NOT automatically proxy WinINET Connections?

Question

I want to use Fiddler for a specific application that will manually turn the proxy on and off for (Firefox 3.6 using FiddlerHook). That is the only application I want proxied, but I can't seem to find a way to get Fiddler to not set itself as the WinINET proxy.

I have turned off "Act as System Proxy on startup" and "Monitor all connections", but Fiddler still sets itself as the WinINET proxy when I turn on capture events.

And FiddlerHook will not send events to Fiddler unless capture events is turned on. Actually, it will if you set it to force - see my workaround answer below. Still looking for a better one though.

Answer 1

One workaround/approach I have found is to leave "capture events" off in Fiddler, but then set FiddlerHook to "force". Apparently Fiddler will still accept events even when "capture events" is off.

It feels like there should be a better solution though. One that allows the developer to leave FiddlerHook in "auto".

In the meantime I will mark this as the answer. For other, do read comments for some context.