flag Scope
Restoring the HOSTS file to the default values.
construction How-to
- Navigate to the HOSTS file path, %WinDir%\System32\Drivers\Etc
- Rename the HOSTS file to HOSTS.old, you are going to delete this later
- Open Notepad
- Paste the following:
- File name: HOSTS
- Save as type: All Files
- Move the newly created file to %WinDir%\System32\Drivers\Etc
- If everything is working fine, you can delete the old copy of the file, HOSTS.old
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# 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:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handle within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
If for any reason the output file is named HOSTS.txt, try to save it again, this time with the following settings:
school Further considerations
- Make sure that the file isn't saved with a trailing .txt extension.
- You can read more about this on the Microsoft official documentation
Article ID: SYS-WIN-0007