Disable . hosts files

Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Wow - this one of the most useful, on-target answers I've ever gotten from a Microsoft agent! Thanks very much - I'll try the above re: saving Notepad as all files since it's possible doing that correctly could be the solution to the Hosts issue itself.

If not, then I'll report the Hosts issue through the Feedback Hub. Hi - I used your method of saving the Notepad as "all files" in drivers, and that indeed worked, however the properly saved Hosts file is still being ignored, No problem opening any URL that is listed in there.

And this is on 3 different machines. It's not a bug on a unique device. My machines all look like this:. I don't see how the Hosts file can function without the OS knowing where it is, and the question is - why is that missing now? This is extremely problematic! This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help.

Thanks for your feedback. Original Title: been asked by my macfee agent to remove a host file from my computer how do i do this and will it harm my computer can someone help me please. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. From there, Notepad will launch with the hosts file information. In order to edit the file, you have to open Notepad first, running as an Administrator. Rather, right-click the Notepad listing to bring up the context menu.

Select the option Run as Administrator. You will get a blank screen that displays the prompt No items match your search. Now, you can select the hosts file and click Open. Blocking a website in Windows is as simple as typing the following into the bottom of the hosts file:. So, if I wanted to block a website like www. What we are actually telling Windows is that the website www.

Pretty cool, huh!? Obviously, you can see how this can be used in several different ways: a prank, parental control, etc. In order to do this, you have to find the IP address of the other site first. To do that, just open a command prompt click on Start and type in CMD and type in the following command:.

In my example, I pinged Adobe.