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| From | MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2025-07-12 22:07 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <104uiqg$25ovk$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <104smr5$1h6g5$2@dont-email.me> <104sqv8$2pb5s$1@paganini.bofh.team> <104toeh$22tor$2@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 12/07/2025 14:37, J. P. Gilliver wrote: > On 2025/7/12 6:8:4, Operation Sindoor wrote: >> On 12/07/2025 05:03, J. P. Gilliver wrote: >>> I have a shortcut to >>> >>> , but it won't let me save when I've edited. I've tried "Take Ownership" >>> on C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, which seemed to run, but I still >>> can't save changes. > > (I don't know what happened above - maybe I forgot to paste in the > command line that's in my shortcut!)> >> To edit and save the hosts file you need to launch Notepad as >> Administrator. Then you need to visit the hosts file in Notepad by >> going to: >> >> File >> Open <"C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"> >> >> Make sure "All Files" is selected in notepad. >> >> To launch Notepad as Administrator you need to Right-Click on the >> Notepad icon and choose rum as Administrator. The list is quite long so >> pay particular attention to Run as Administrator. >> >> The alternative method to edit and save the hosts file is to drag it to >> the desktop, edit it and save it before dragging again to the correct >> folder. >> >> > Thanks - noted.> > The command line in my shortcut is > > %windir%\system32\notepad.exe "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts." > > I thought, maybe I can do what you suggest by making my _shortcut_ open > as administrator. So I ticked that box. Now, when I activate the > shortcut, it comes up with the do-you-want-to-allow...-to-make-changes > prompt (which Notepad in normal mode doesn't usually), which sounded > promising; I say yes, and notepad opens - but then pops up a box saying > it can't find hosts.txt, do I want to create it? > > I've experimented with the above line - without quotes, with quotes but > no final ., and as above - all seem to open Notepad (with the > do-you-want-to-allow, which is good), but thinking it's going to edit > hosts.txt, rather than just hosts. > > I suppose I could make a shortcut - with admin. open - to a two-line > batch file to edit notes.txt (or any other name, for that matter), and > then rename it to hosts (and also copy it to hosts.txt for next time; > or, copy hosts.txt to hosts), but I thought I'd ask here first if > there's any way to make the simple shortcut work. > > Thought: does Notepad have some switch ... typing > > notepad /? > > into a command prompt. Notepad opened, with a popup "The filename, > directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." So I tried > > help notepad > > , and got > > This command is not supported by the help utility. Try "notepad /?". > > ! Tried > > notepad < "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts." > > (both without and with the quote marks), and got "The system cannot find > the file specified." (I wondered if it just meant it couldn't find > notepad, but typing that by itself opens it.) > > That batch file is sounding more and more likely, but I'll wait to see > if anyone here knows a way of, in a shortcut target line (or at the > command prompt), calling notepad with a parameter that has no extension! > (It works _with_ one, which doesn't have to be .txt; for example, I just > tried > > %windir%\system32\notepad.exe > "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.org" > > [all one line, of course] and it opened notepad on that file.) I've > added the W11 and W7 'groups as this particular wrinkle - how to invoke > notepad with an extensionless parameter - might generate knowledge > there, though the initial problem wasn't there in 7 (I can't remember > the details, but I had a shortcut to the hosts file that worked there).> >> >> >> >> >> > > This shortcut works for me after setting it to open as administrator by ticking the box: %windir%\system32\notepad.exe /A "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"
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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
Re: How do I get at the hosts file? Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-07-15 22:02 -0400
Re: How do I get at the hosts file? MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> - 2025-07-12 22:07 +0100
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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