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#Cannot modify hosts file in windows 10 how to#
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WARNING!Just before you click Save make sure the Save as type option is set to All Files (*.*).

Click Yes and then save it to another location, like desktop or Documents folder.

When you click Save you will get a message similar to the one below that you don’t have permission to save the file in this location.

txt extension to the file, which we don’t want. The default option is Text Documents (*.txt) and it will add the.

Change the Save as type option to All Files (*.*) so that the file will be saved without an extension.

Make sure there is no pound symbol (#) at the beginning of the entry or else it will be considered a comment and will be ignored by the system.

It is only used for demonstration purposes.

Do not use the address and server name in the example. The graphic below shows an example of what the entry would look like.

Enter the IP address and the host name for each host you want to add to this file.

If you do not see Notepad in the list, scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the hyperlink Look for another app on this PC.

Select Notepad from the choice of programs displayed for you.

Right-click the hosts file and select Open with.

You might want to rename it something like hosts.old or hosts.original.

Make a backup copy of hosts file by simply copying the hosts file and then pasting it.

Start Windows File Explorer and go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc folder.

Here’s the step-by-step procedure for editing the HOSTS file in Windows 8/8.1. When you edit the file make sure you do not save it as a. The HOSTS file is one of the few files in Windows that don’t have a file extension. By default the HOSTS file resides in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc folder.

The only way I know is to save the file to another location and then copy it back to the original location. You will still get an access denied error. You can also try to edit the hosts file by starting the Notepad as an Administrator while logged in as an Administrator. In Windows 8/8.1 you will get an access denied error when you edit the hosts file, even when you are logged in as an Administrator.

#Cannot modify hosts file in windows 10 windows 8#

Thanks to Microsoft, the HOSTS file is more secure in Windows 8 and requires additional steps.

#Cannot modify hosts file in windows 10 how to#

In this article I won’t focus on how to protect your HOSTS file, instead I want to show you how to edit the file in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 because editing this file is not so easy anymore. Those of us who are concerned about computer security started to make the HOSTS file read-only but the bad guys found ways to remove the read-only attribute and still were able to mess with the HOSTS file. In fact, it was so easy to edit that the bad guys started to use the file to do bad things to our computers by adding entries without our permission or knowledge. In previous versions of Windows, the hosts file was very easy to edit. This allows communication over a TCP/IP network. The HOSTS file in Windows (and other operating systems) is used to map host names to IP addresses. A computer, printer, tablet, and routers are all examples of TCP/IP devices. What is a TCP/IP device? Well, every device that uses TCP/IP protocol to communicate on a network is considered a TCP/IP host. A “host” name is used by TCP/IP to identify a TCP/IP device on the network.