How To Reset Host File
Nov 7, 2015Want to reset my Host File as part of trying to solve a problem Internet Explorer.
Can I use a 'FixIt50267' used for Win 7 after creating a 'old' file of the current Hosts.
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After about 30 minutes I noticed I'd lost access to my site and when I checked my hosts file it's reverted back to how it was first thing this morning. All of my custom entries are there apart from the one for my server.
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127.0.0.1 hostname alias
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