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| From | Lionel Muller <Erhohterlowe@neomailbox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript |
| Subject | Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? |
| Date | 2017-07-12 12:31 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ok54rj$8k6$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <ok2kei$4d1$1@dont-email.me> <ok32a4$1jva$1@gioia.aioe.org> <ok3jun$jii$1@dont-email.me> <XnsA7B062F1ABD5auricauricauricauric@213.239.209.88> <ok53jf$cj6$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
For alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript Mayayana wrote: > many AV programs now monitor HOSTS and may complain or block editing. That admonishement reminded me that I should mention that the solution we came up with for editing the hosts file using: Start > Run > hosts or Start > Programs > hosts Does cause "Glasswire" to pop up a temporary notification that a system file was changed, which is actually a good thing because it ensures me that the change took place. The beauty of this method is that it doesn't clutter the desktop with shortcuts, and it works in a single step from the Start menu (by multiple ways) which is how I like an elegant clean efficient system to be.
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Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-07-12 08:14 -0400
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? Lionel Muller <Erhohterlowe@neomailbox.com> - 2017-07-12 12:31 +0000
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-07-12 10:55 -0400
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? Sam Hill <sam@example.com> - 2017-07-12 15:25 +0000
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-07-12 18:41 -0400
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-07-12 13:01 -0400
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-07-12 18:46 -0400
Re: What is the easiest way to edit the hosts file on Windows as admin? Lionel Muller <Erhohterlowe@neomailbox.com> - 2017-07-12 17:46 +0000
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