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@@ -328,14 +328,7 @@ To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the
You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further recommended solutions from third parties. You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further recommended solutions from third parties.
## Reloading hosts file ### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service.
Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the following commands to
manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is in place.
| The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on `chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
## Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service.
Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within Windows 10 denies Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within Windows 10 denies
access to changing services via other tools except registry hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` access to changing services via other tools except registry hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd`
@@ -343,6 +336,13 @@ file to make proper changes to the Windows registry. You will need to reboot you
See the [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd) See the [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd)
for more details. for more details.
## Reloading hosts file
Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the following commands to
manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is in place.
| The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on `chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts file. See: <https://superuser.com/questions/723703>
### Windows ### Windows
Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command: Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command: