This is my first time installing and using LocalWP, and I’m still confused about how to fix this issue. When I try to start my local site (testing.local), I get the error “Missing hosts entry”, and LocalWP can’t add the domain to the hosts file,
i’m using windows 11.
I’ve already tried the following:
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Running LocalWP as Administrator
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Manually editing the file
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts -
Making sure the line
127.0.0.1 testing.localis added -
Changing the file permissions to allow modification
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I have antivirus (but i don’t think that’s the problem, i tried to turn it off and retry but nothing changed)
But I still get the same error (can’t open admin/site, forbidden 403), need help and support, thanks

