Editing protected files in Windows 7 (like the etc/hosts file)

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:14:22AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
>Am 16.05.2011 11:09, schrieb Avishai Geller:
>> How do I edit my hosts file in cygwin on Windows 7? VI opens it in read-only mode. I have administrator permissions, but Windows 7 has that UAC feature which I think is preventing editing the file.
>
>Don't second-guess.
>
>http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html

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