How To Edit Hosts File in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 In this article we will show you how to find host file in Windows 10 and edit / modify correctly save changes and replace the original host file without special permission, this tutorial will work on Windows 8, 8.1, 10 and even 7 host files. You can find and replace files hosted in this directory:
host file in windows location
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
First, right-click the Start button and click File Explorer
Click on View, Options Click on View, uncheck Hide extensions for known file types
Go to directory C: Windows, System32, drivers, etc Click with the right button of the mouse and choose open with Notepad
Open the host’s file with Notepad
Make the changes you need Go to File, Save As… Change type to All files Deletes the .txt from the host’s file name Replace the original hosts file with the newly created one. All done!
How to find and edit the Hosts file on Windows 10 – Tutorial
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