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I am trying to setup a local redirect for my website (like I've always done in XP). It will not let me save!!!

I have taken ownership, I have allowed my account full access and have tweaked every other setting I can think of. Every time I edit and save it pops up a "Access is denied". How do I get past this???

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You have to open it with administrative access.

Launch Notepad with Administrative access then re-open the file.

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You should accept this answer @Keith Barrows – Kyle Sevenoaks Mar 24 '11 at 9:40
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run notepad as administrator by right-clicking on a shortcut to notepad, and then opening the hosts file.

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