Victor Feinman » error http://www.victorfeinman.com I found it on some guy's site Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:02:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Unable to edit hosts file http://www.victorfeinman.com/2009/09/unable-to-edit-hosts-file/ http://www.victorfeinman.com/2009/09/unable-to-edit-hosts-file/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:29:12 +0000 Some Guy http://www.victorfeinman.com/archives/103 Are you getting the following error message when you try to edit the hosts file?
hosts error
"Cannot create the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file. Make sure that the path and filename are correct."

If your computer is running Webroot. Open the Webroot client, select the "hosts" file under the Smart Shields node, and uncheck "hosts" File Shield.

Webroot Screenshot

Problem solved.

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