http://www.internoetics.com/2010/06/23/edit-hosts-file-in-windows-7/ Blogging, code, marketing, online income, sales and other stuff... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.internoetics.com/2010/06/23/edit-hosts-file-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-10361 Craig Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:15:22 +0000 http://www.internoetics.com/?p=302#comment-10361 None of that matters. The problem lies in that you don't "own" the hosts file. Save the following as "takeown.bat" and then run it to fix the issue: @echo off cls %systemdrive% cd "%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\" ver | findstr /i "6\.0\." > nul IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown ver | findstr /i "6\.1\." > nul IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown ver | findstr /i "6\.2\." > nul IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown ver | findstr /i "7\.0\." > nul IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown goto :exit :takeown attrib -s -h -r -a "%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\*.*" /s /d takeown /f "%windir%\system32\drivers\etc" /r /d y icacls "%windir%\system32\drivers\etc" /grant administrators:F /t :exit exit None of that matters. The problem lies in that you don’t “own” the hosts file. Save the following as “takeown.bat” and then run it to fix the issue:
@echo off
cls
%systemdrive%
cd “%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\”
ver | findstr /i “6\.0\.” > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown
ver | findstr /i “6\.1\.” > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown
ver | findstr /i “6\.2\.” > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown
ver | findstr /i “7\.0\.” > nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto :takeown
goto :exit
:takeown
attrib -s -h -r -a “%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\*.*” /s /d
takeown /f “%windir%\system32\drivers\etc” /r /d y
icacls “%windir%\system32\drivers\etc” /grant administrators:F /t
:exit
exit

]]> http://www.internoetics.com/2010/06/23/edit-hosts-file-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Marty Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:33:25 +0000 http://www.internoetics.com/?p=302#comment-1778 Did you open the file as an administrator? Remember, drag and drop won't work - you'll have to hunt down the file from the open menu. Did you open the file as an administrator? Remember, drag and drop won’t work – you’ll have to hunt down the file from the open menu.

]]> http://www.internoetics.com/2010/06/23/edit-hosts-file-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Phil Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:25:34 +0000 http://www.internoetics.com/?p=302#comment-993 I tried that and it didn't work. cannot save the file I tried that and it didn’t work. cannot save the file

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