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Locating and Editing Your Host File in Windows 10

Posted on October 29, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: September 15, 2023

Category: Common Fixes | Tags: Administrator, Desktop Environment, Development, DNS, DNS Files, Domain Name, Domain Redirect, Environment, FlushDNS, Hostname, Hosts, Hosts File, IP, IP Address, IPConfig, Localhost, Migration, Notepad, Redirect, Windows 10, Windows Administrator

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What is a Hosts File?

The hosts file is a local plain text file that maps servers or hostnames to IP addresses. This file has been in use since the time of ARPANET. It was the original method to resolve hostnames to a specific IP address. The hosts file is usually the first process in the domain name resolution procedure. Here is an example of a hosts file entry.

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