Thanks Mark that's a great tip. One thing I did find was that if you're using something other Notepad you need to put in the full path to the text editor, like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"
regards, larry >Here's another tip on this (cause I have to open my hosts file 20 times a >week). > >Drag the hosts file to the desktop with the left mouse and choose "create >short cut". > >Then right-click on the short cut and choose "properties" > >Change the "target" from > >C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts > >To... > >Notepad.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" > >Then you can open and edit it willy nilly... > >-mark > > >Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG >(402) 408-3733 ext 105 >Skype: markakruger >www.cfwebtools.com >www.coldfusionmuse.com >www.necfug.com > > > >Run Notepad.exe as Administrator >Open C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (no file extension) >Add "127.0.0.1 www.mydomain.com" to the last line >Open web server and configure to route by hostname "www.mydomain.com" > > >Windows (by default) looks to your hosts file for name resolution before >checking a DNS server. I do something like this for all of my dev sites. > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:52 PM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> >wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
