Windows Hosts File

[Dustin Decker]

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bradley Miller [mailto:bradmiller at dslonramp.com]
> 
> > c:winntnotepad.exe c:winntsystem32driversetchosts
> 
> Nah, same location: %systemroot%system32driversetchosts which would be
> c:windowssystem32driversetchosts.

Unless (just to be techincal) %systemroot% happends to be something 
other than c:winnt.  This all depends upon the installation.  For 
example, a Windows NT 4.0 workstation upgraded to Windows XP will retain 
this value.  A fresh install on the other hand, will use c:windows as 
the system root.

The same applies to Win2K systems - IIRC c:winnt is the default system 
root - so an upgrade to XP leaves it unchanged while a new install will 
be c:windows.

Dustin

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