Hosts file edit taking a long time to work?

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  •  26-09-2019
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Question

Whenever I add an entry to the Hosts file on Windows, it takes a long time for the change to take place? I have tested using Firefox and IE and it seems to take around 5 minutes on both of them before the new IP/Domain entry on Hosts is recognised.

Is there anything I can do to overcome this? Perhaps "refreshing" the cache in some way? ipconfig /flushdns doesn't work.

Was it helpful?

Solution

You have to close all browser windows after you edited the hosts file. (Make sure all IE processed are quit).

OTHER TIPS

I made an entry into the Host file. It was not effective. Two days later, I tried an experiment. My Firefox browser cache was near its 500MB limit. I emptied the cache and immediately tested the Host file, again. It worked.

While this may not be a solution in all cases, it was in mine.

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