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2) Click 'Windows' folder

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3) 'System32' folder

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4) Then click 'Drivers'

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5) And 'etc'

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6) Click on 'Hosts' and when the option appears, select 'Notepad'

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Browse to or copy and paste the following into Windows explorer: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc 

Note you need to be a local admin to access this folder. 

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2) Right click on the hosts file and Open with. Select your text editor of choice. In most cases Notepad is fine. 

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3) Notepad will bring up the Host file where you can add the entry

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The IP address goes before the hostname as in the below screenshot. 

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