Invisible hosts file windows

Write the www and the non-www versions of the domain name that you want to block. This will block the main domain as well as all of the subdomains connected to the main domain.

There may be a problem with the current hosts file. Create a new file in notepad, copy paste the contents from the original file, save it without any file extension, and move it to the directory of the Hosts file. Delete the old file. Start typing the entries again in this new file, once you have created the complete list, move it to the directory of the Hosts file. The changes made in the Hosts file should take place immediately, however, you should still delete the old DNS Cache stored in Windows.

When enabled, this option overrides the Hosts file. Go to the Adapter settings. And when i click ok to replace it says "unable to replace. I started notepad with Administrator but still problem didn't solved. Then i tried to do that using Administrator account but when i try to replace the hosts file with my new one it saved and "hosts 2 " But i cant see the real one and cant edit that How to solve this?

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Articles l l. Solved - hide host file 16 posts Started 9 years ago by cj Latest reply from germ-x Topic Viewed times. This post has been reported. Read this Irv S. Sometimes using a third-party software can be helpful in this case. I use a freeware program called "Winmend".

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This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one space. Additionally, comments such as these may be inserted on individual lines or following the machine name denoted by a ' ' symbol. For example: Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 39 people found this reply helpful.

I have enabled showing "Hidden items" and disabled "Hide protected operating system files". This normally shows you files like the hosts file in other versions of Windows. I really don't know what to do to make Windows show this file in File Explorer.

Obviously there is some other layer of hidden files that I am not able to see with the options in File Explorer. Wonder what else is hidden this way.

There is probably some registry hack to display them.