Cant access wordpress site and WP admin on local

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Hi when I download local and created my first website for some reason Im getting the error “Warning missing hosts entry. this site may be inaccessible.” plus im getting an alert message , Uh-oh could not access hosts file. Im stuck on this issue for days I tried everything I changed my site to localhost turned off my computer turened on again but still nothing works!??

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Hey @yochainoah – Welcome to the Local community!

It’s hard to say exactly what’s going on, can you provide some more details?

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Im using local 9.0.5
Windows 11 OS
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Hi @yochainoah

Are you sure your Hosts File is editable or is it set to Read Only?

Are you logged in as an Admin user?

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hi th hosts file is editable and not set to read only plus I am logged in as admin?

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A couple other things to check here @yochainoah

  • Sometimes the system can be finicky with other languages so make sure there aren’t any special characters in your user or password. Special characters not supported on Windows username/password

  • Check to make sure you don’t have any additional antivirus, security, or firewall applications that could be blocking Local as well

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There are no special characters in my username or password
and I dont think theres anymore security applications that I know of that are runing on my computer except microsoft defender

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In order to refresh here and start with a clean slate could you give the below troubleshooting steps a try?

  • Export any sites that you have on Local and save them to a folder somewhere on your computer: Backup a Local Site - Local

  • Fully uninstall Local from your computer: Uninstall Local - Local

  • Install the latest version of Local on this link: Releases - Local

  • Once installed, please restart the computer.

  • When the computer is restarted and turned on, close any applications that automatically run in the background (AntiVirus, Firewall, and other Developer applications included).

  • Check and see if the issue still persists. If so, please provide us with an updated log: Retrieve Local’s Log File - Local

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