Solved Hosts file disappeared

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• Feb 14, 2012

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Hi, I have no hosts file.

I just went to create a new one and went to save it in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc but a dialog box popped up telling me hosts already exists and whether it wants me to overrwrite it. Thought this was odd because there's nothing there called hosts.

Any ideas?

 

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• Feb 14, 2012

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See if the manual instructions help you How can I reset the Hosts file back to the default?

 

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• Feb 14, 2012

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Most likely, the file is hidden, and that's why you can't see it.

 

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• Feb 14, 2012

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Nope wasn't hidden. Strange. I just let the Microsoft Fixer thing put a new one in. Initially wanted to try and restore the one I had originally but decided to just let it go in the end.

 

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So you're good to go? I see the green check mark on your topic

 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1

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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz

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