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Reputation: 1951

modifying windows 7 hosts file doesn't take effect

I'm trying to define some fake domains to point to 127.0.0.1, but it does not take effect at all.
I edit C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts.txt (I know I should have administrator permissions, so the file gets modified correctly) and add for example 127.0.0.1 abcde.com and save the changes, but when I ping this domain, it is pinging the corresponding server not my own machine. I also tried modifying the IP of existing domains in that file, but there is no changes.
I also tried to use some command like ipconfig /flushdns and also rebooted my Windows, but still working as before.
It seems like that there is another file or something like a presistent cache that prevents the changes take effect.

In this case, what should I do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1888

Answers (1)

egur
egur

Reputation: 7960

The hosts file name in the question is wrong:

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts.txt

-->

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Remove the txt extension. Note that this file should exists in your machine so just edit it.

Upvotes: 2

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