Re: Where is the HOSTS file supposed to be located?

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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:49:49 -0500, Jackson <jjacXkdins@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Win XP(MCE), updated

There is a HOSTS file in each of these these three directories:

=> C:\i386
=> C:\Documents...\AllUsers\...\automaintanence
=> C:\Windows\system32\etc

Which one of these is the file in active use when I use IE or FireFox?


The host file is in C:\Windows\system32\etc


It can also be in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\


Malke
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