Win 10 - Uh-oh! Could not update hosts file [Win 10 - Uh-oh! Could not update hosts file] I have ensured the host file is not locked Turned off win10 antivirus PS. Gone through similar topics, but no help. Any help resolving this issue will be deeply appreciated. Thanks

Hi there @Johngoe - I know you mentioned looking through other topics, I want to make sure - did you see this one? Here is some information and troubleshooting steps you can try related to anti-virus + Windows: [image] Help! I'm running into an EPERM error with the hosts f…

Hi Sam Firstly, allow me to express my deep appreciation for your interest in helping me resolve this conundrum. Yes, I have unchecked “Read-only” in the hosts file. This unfortunately did not resolve the situation. By the way, I use standard win10 security, nothing else. And as mentioned before,…

Hi @Johngoe ! Could you share your Local Log with us so we could take a deeper look? There are some different ways to access and share Local Logs. For us to be able to troubleshoot thoroughly, please click the Download Local Logs button from the Support tab in Local. This will generate a zip archive…

As requested, please find an attached Local log file local-logs.zip (54.6 KB)

Hi @Johngoe The logs still look like something is blocking Local. There are some steps here that you might try (specifically 2 and 3), otherwise you may want to attempt a more aggressive reset with these steps below: Export any sites that you have on Local and save them to a folder somewhere on y…

Unfortunately, the issue still persists. Please find the attached log below - local-logs.zip (57.2 KB)

Upon trying to open the website and subsequently failing to do so, the Tab states; “Server not found”.

@Nick-B Hello, I have the same issue , I tried all the methods from above, changing the router mode, uninstall completely and reinstalling and some other ones and also I don’t have problem with my firewall or antivirus [ I’m using windows 11 virus guard only ] . These 2 will pop up and at the end I …

A temporary solution – To create a new website, Go to top-left hamburger menu icon, and open. Choose “Preferences”. Under “Preferences” choose “Advanced” Under “Advanced” go to “Router mode” and select “localhost” Then choose “Apply” in the bottom right corner to save your selection Go to top-rig…

Hello @Johngoe - Thank you for providing this workaround. I can bring this thread back to the Local engineering team to see if there’s any long term solution we can provide, but at this time I appreciate you for writing out how you got it all working. Sam

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Nick-B April 18, 2023, 1:39pm 13

Hi @tjrief

This error is unrelated to the above. More information here that should help you though!

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Win 10 - Uh-oh! Could not update hosts file

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