rerouting urls? 1

[jbkosman]

Hi,

I want to reroute urls typed into ie or any other browser on my comp to another location. So that for example, if I type in:

http://www.yahoo.com

the site will not go to the actual website (

http://www.yahoo.com)

but rather to the web server on my own computer.

(the reason i want to do this is because I'm developing a website on my own computer that relies on the url to work - meaning i have to search & replace for

http://127.0.0.1/

everytime i want to deploy.)

I know this is possible by editing some file in the winnt directory, but i forgot which file it is and now i'm beating my head over it.

i'm using win2000 professional.

I wouldn't mind using a 3rd party program to do this either as long as it fulfills what I described above.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance, regards,

jens

 

[craigey]

edit the hosts file in the WINNT\system32\drivers\etc folder. (well that's on NT, but you could just use the search/find on the start menu). Make sure you back it up first though!

Just use Notepad to edit the file. There is a good explanation on how to use it in the file itself.

Hope that helps

 

[echoecho]

craigey is correct, same location in win2k.

 

[jbkosman]

Thanks.

This time I'll jot this down in my book of windows tricks. :-D