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Announcing Hosts Editor: A FREE Tool for Editing Your Windows Hosts File

1st August 2015 by @developingsoft

Ever since the invention of User Access Control (UAC) it has been a pain in the neck to edit the Windows hosts file. This is because with UAC enabled you can’t save changes to the hosts file without administrator privileges.

Even with UAC disabled it’s a little annoying hunting for the file each time at:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

To make things easier I have created a free tool called Hosts Editor that makes editing the hosts file a breeze. The screenshot below shows the Hosts Editor in action:

Windows Hosts Editor

You can download the latest version of Hosts Editor by visiting the releases page on GitHub, or for more information on how the product works check out the Git repository.

I hope this tool is as useful for you as it has been for me.

Updates

  • 20 Nov 2015 – Changed from ClickOnce to portable (Now a single .EXE).
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