From: Steven Black Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 19:54:45 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Move the new Windows-related text and make it a subpart of the previous section. X-Git-Url: http://git.99rst.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c2ceaa1721262c550a9c33e1a7836bd856e2f323;p=stevenblack-hosts.git Move the new Windows-related text and make it a subpart of the previous section. --- diff --git a/readme_template.md b/readme_template.md index 46155426a..4c370d415 100644 --- a/readme_template.md +++ b/readme_template.md @@ -328,14 +328,7 @@ To open a command prompt as administrator in the repository's directory, do the You can also refer to the "Third-Party Hosts Managers" section for further recommended solutions from third parties. -## Reloading hosts file - -Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the following commands to -manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is in place. - -| The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on `chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts file. See: - -## Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service. +### Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service. Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within Windows 10 denies access to changing services via other tools except registry hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` @@ -343,6 +336,13 @@ file to make proper changes to the Windows registry. You will need to reboot you See the [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd) for more details. +## Reloading hosts file + +Your operating system will cache DNS lookups. You can either reboot or run the following commands to +manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is in place. + +| The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on `chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts file. See: + ### Windows Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and run this command: