Persistent Hosts File Access Issue in LocalWP on Windows 11

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@Maxianna20 @Tokio and any other future users who reach this thread. One of the Local devs shared this with me today from a past post as a potential solution for the permission to make changes prompt not appearing in Windows:

Unable to update host file error - have tried all solutions in forum, UAC prompt for cmd failing?

If you are encountering the Cannot Edit Hosts File error and do not receive a prompt asking to allow “Windows Command Processor” to make changes to your device such as in the following image, before the error happens, here is a solution to try. [Command] Check If Powershell PATH Variable Exists For User & Add It If Not Press the windows key or click the start button and type env, then click “Edit the system environmental variables” or manually locate it in the Advanced System Settings. [1…