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Resolving UNC path using hosts file

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Mar 15, 202615765 views
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I'm having a problem accessing a UNC path in Windows Server 2008 using the hosts file. My hosts file looks like: When trying to access the unc path: This works: This doesn't work and says "Windows cannot find \\server_1\data") Does anyone know how to make it resolve the path using a hosts file?

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10.x.x.x     server_1

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Fix for: Resolving UNC path using hosts file

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I found this article that explains what you can do to make aliases for localhost's UNC path. I was having a similar problem to the one you are having and did as the article explained, with a succesful result.

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