How do I edit the 'hosts' file?

[Van Hellseek]

windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts

I can open that file in notepad and edit it, but I can't save it. It just tells me to check the path and filename are correct.

Any idea's?

 

[yaboy]

I got this last time, googled it and everything came up with nothing..

in the end I gave up :\

 

[iviv]

Its most likely read-only. Right click > properties, and deselect read only. Then make it read only again afterwards

 

[Van Hellseek]

That worked. Cheers for the tip.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

It wouldn't be a bad idea to change it back to read-only when you're done editing. That simple thing might save you from some malware tomfoolery someday.

 

[iviv]

Then make it read only again afterwards

 

[BillytheImpaler]

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[NathanE]

Also on Vista I seem to remember that you have to make sure the Notepad instance is running with elevated privileges. So right-click a Notepad shortcut and choose "Run as Administrator". Then it should let you modify the hosts file.

Gotta love UAC