HELP PLEASE! Missing hosts entry. WINDOWS 7

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Hi i install the lasts versions of Flywheel and VirtualBox and i have an error when i select my site. I get the error "Warning missing hosts entry. This site may be inaccesible. Then when i put FIX IT says something with node-windows.exe and then i put OK its says another error "Local ran into a problem when trying to update the hosts file. I am using Windows 7 home Premium and i dont have any antivirus or somethinglike Gas Mask activated.

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Hi Gaston,

Can you please try it again and then provide the entire error that pops up in the error dialog after clicking “Fix It”?

Sorry for the trouble!

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Hi Clay, thanks for the fast reply, here are the errors that i get.

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Greetings,.-

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Thanks!

Do you have any type of anti-virus, internet security suite, or firewall installed other than Microsoft Defender?

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No, nothing of that.

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HELP PLEASE? I don’t know what happen.

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Can you please check if the hosts file is set as read-only? See Help! I'm running into an EPERM error with the hosts file on Windows

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Is not for read - only

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I apologize but I missed your first screenshot with the error in Spanish.

It looks like node-windows.exe is missing or the wrong path is being used.

Can you try upgrading to Local 2.1.1? You can find the download link here: Local by Flywheel 2.1.1

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I updated 2.1.1 and same error.

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Hi evryone
I’ve a similar problem on Windows 8.1
“EPERM error with the hosts file on Windows”
I’ve try the solution of clay with “hosts” properties but “Read-only” was already uncheck and the error message always done
Could you help me please

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@be_gaelle,

Are you running any anti-virus, internet security, anti-malware, or firewall other than Microsoft Defender? It may be locking the hosts file thus causing the EPERM error.

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I dont have nothing of that :S

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Can you open Cmd.exe and run the following command? It’ll create a file named hosts file info.txt on your Desktop. Please attach it here after you run the command.

wmic datafile where name="C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts" > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\hosts file info.txt"
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That was not necesesary i think that was the windows defender of windows 7 that is ocult, so i desactivated and now works!!! thanks for all clay!! And sorry for your time expended on me, thank you very much again :smiley: !!

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@clay
For my part, I have another antivirus: Kaspersky
how do I proceed ?
thanks in advance Clay :slightly_smiling_face:

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@clay It seems that I have a similar issue on windows 10 with local for flywheel version 2.1.1.
I can see the warning that says “Warning! Missing hosts entry. This site may be inaccessible.” - and after I click “Fix it” button the following error notifications pops up:

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and after clicking OK on this error pop up, the following one appears:

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Any help would be appreciated, I tried to reinstall flywheel, which didn’t help, I also disabled BitDefender firewall to see if this would change something but still the same errors. I run out of ideas of what should I do to fix it.

This is my log file in case this would be helpful:
local-by-flywheel.log (112.4 KB)

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PLEASE SUPPORT !! HELP US !!!
We need help about this error message on Windows 8 or 10
Could you answer us please

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Hi All,

Have you tried running local as an administrator?

Thanks,

Phill

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@be_gaelle,

Please try temporarily disabling Kaspersky. If that fixes the issue, please re-enable Kaspersky and try the following:

  1. Open Kaspersky
  2. Go to Settings » Threats & Exclusions » Exclusions » Settings
  3. Go to Add » Select file or Folder and select C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\