The Lazy Sys Admin » Windows http://www.thelazysysadmin.net Why do things the hard way? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:31:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shortcut to hosts file on Windows http://www.thelazysysadmin.net/2009/05/shortcut-hosts-file-windows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shortcut-hosts-file-windows http://www.thelazysysadmin.net/2009/05/shortcut-hosts-file-windows/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 22:59:07 +0000 Jon Smith http://www.thelazysysadmin.net/?p=180 Continue reading →]]> This one was shown to me a while back but I needed to use it today and remembered how much easier it is.

To quickly access the hosts file go Start -> Run -> Type drivers -> Ok.

This will bring up the folder before the hosts file, just double click into the etc directory from there.

The other method is to create a new shortcut on your Start Menu or Desktop with the following as the target

%windir%system32notepad.exe "c:WINDOWSsystem32driversetchosts"

Two easy methods to access your hosts file.

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