Hello,
I was trying to help a friend out with editing the hosts file in Vista. I'm a winXP user still so it's a bit different for me. I already read plenty about how I should edit it ( with administrator priviliges ) but the thing is, we can't seem to FIND the hosts-file at all.
Normally it's located in C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\etc but for some reason there is NO folder 'etc' in the Drivers folder. First I thought it might be because it was an invisible file, but it is NOT an invisible file so that can't be it. Also the folder 'etc' not being there is very weird. So basically I got stuck there, because I couldn't find the required map/file for it...also tried with the search option but there were no search results ( atleast not the one I need ).
First question: Could it be that software is hiding the folder(etc)/file(hosts) from the user?
Second question: Could it be there is no folder named etc and no file called hosts ( doesn't seem logical to me since every computer has it for as far as I know )?
So, yes, is there any reason for it not showing up? Because it's pretty annoying, since I need to alter it for a program to run properly.
Thanks,
Simon
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