Re: How do I get at the hosts file?

From	Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.windows7.general
Subject	Re: How do I get at the hosts file?
Date	2025-07-13 13:44 +0100
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J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> 
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\write.exe c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
> 
> The above line works though. But, as it's trying to be a word processor
Well, these days so is notepad (Win11), you can bold/underline/italicise 
text, and it gets saved in markdown format.  Makes me worry how 
faithfully the file is saved with respect to CF/LF vs LF endings etc.

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How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-12 05:03 +0100
  Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Operation Sindoor <Operation.Sindoor@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-12 05:08 +0000
    Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-12 14:37 +0100
      Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Operation Sindoor <Operation.Sindoor@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-12 19:39 +0000
        Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 13:22 +0100
      Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-07-12 22:01 +0100
        Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 13:36 +0100
          Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-13 13:44 +0100
            W10/11 different notepad (was: Re: How do I get at the hosts file?) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 14:22 +0100
              Re: W10/11 different notepad Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-13 15:29 +0100
                Re: W10/11 different notepad knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-07-13 17:34 -0400
              Re: W10/11 different notepad "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-07-13 10:41 -0400
          Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-07-14 20:10 +0100
            write and wordpad (was: Re: How do I get at the hosts file?) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-14 22:02 +0100
          Re: How do I get at the hosts file? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-15 14:32 -0400
            Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-15 14:37 -0400
              Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-15 19:09 +0000
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-16 10:13 +0100
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-16 20:06 +0000
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-07-16 16:36 -0400
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-16 22:14 +0100
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-17 01:52 +0000
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-19 03:08 +0000
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-20 21:17 +0100
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-20 23:32 +0100
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        Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 13:43 +0100
          Re: How do I get at the hosts file? MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> - 2025-07-15 21:47 +0100
            Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-15 22:58 +0100
              Re: How do I get at the hosts file? MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> - 2025-07-16 08:21 +0100
                Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-17 01:33 +0100
    Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-13 14:07 +0200
      Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 13:46 +0100
        Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-13 14:55 +0200
          Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 14:29 +0100
            Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-13 17:47 +0200
  Re: How do I get at the hosts file? dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2025-07-12 22:06 +0200
    Re: How do I get at the hosts file? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-07-13 14:01 +0100

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