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Quickly edit / change hosts file on Windows

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Mar 15, 20268729 views
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Problem

I routinely need to add / remove / update hosts on a Windows 7 machine to add links to staging / test servers. On Mac I can use ghosts with the syntax ghost add staging-server.local 67.207.136.164 Is there a similar command I can use on Windows to achieve the same functionality?

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Fix for: Quickly edit / change hosts file on Windows

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There are two (well, three really) ways you can do it. GUI (using notepad, or whatever editor) Right click on your favourite editor, ensure you (escalate them privileges), goto and then add, edit to your heart's content. Running without privileges w…

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