How to use Tor.exe as stand alone?

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Here’s my attempt at making a Bat file for it:
“TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe” --defaults-torrc “TorBrowser\Data\Tor\torrc-defaults” -f “TorBrowser\Data\Tor\torrc” +__ControlPort 9075 +__SocksPort “127.0.0.1:9075 ExtendedErrors IPv6Traffic PreferIPv6 KeepAliveIsolateSOCKSAuth”
Specifying +__SocksPort causes it to immediately exist with no message. If I don’t specify it, I don’t know what port it would listen to.

I also read that there used to be some sort of an “expert bundle”, but I couldn’t find it on Download page.

Background info: I need Tor only on certain websites (e.g. those blocked by Russian govt) in my normal browser, because I don’t need anonymity on them. I was using AdvOR for this, but it stopped connecting even with a bridge after Tor was blocked in Russia.

  • Operating System: Win 7 x64
  • Tor Browser version: 11.0.3
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Windows 7 stopped receiving important security updates from January 14 2020 so I wouldn’t recommend you use it. Just install any version of Linux and you will get updated security.

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Expert Bundle can be downloaded here. Simply run tor.exe
But if you need bridges, you need obfs4proxy.exe and configuration in torrc. If you are still interested, I can tell you how.

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Thanks! Is there a documentation on Tor.exe parameters somewhere?

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Check this:
https://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=5&topic=20871&start=3380
https://www.linux.org.ru/forum/general/14229618?cid=14298792

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