Making It Easy to Edit your Hosts File

Here’s a way to quickly open your hosts file:

1. Create a f ile named hosts.bat in your C:\Windows\System32 folder
2. Put the following in this hosts.bat file: start notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Now you can:

1. In Vista or 7, type “hosts” in to your start menu search and press enter
2. Start Menu > Run (or Win+R), type “hosts”, and hit enter
3. At a command prompt, type “hosts” and hit enter

Lots of ways, same result. And it sure saves me a lot of time.