AkelPad

tischda · Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Posts: 1

For instance I'd like to edit the 'hosts' file.

I'm using Akelpad 4.5.6 on Windows 2008 R2 64 bit.

Instructor · Site Admin Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 4684

tischda
Use 64-bit version:
http://akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/download.php

wallywalters · Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 6

I'm in the process of upgrading to 64-bit Windows 7 (from XP) and am having this exact same problem. Even using the 64-bit version of AkelPad 4.6.4, I can't open the Hosts files or anything else in the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc folder. I don't think it's an issue with permissions, as I can still open the Hosts file in Notepad and WordPad. Is there another solution?

Instructor · Site Admin Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 4684

wallywalters
What the error message you get? If AkelPad says "Can't open file" then it most probably user permissions or antivirus/firewall rules.

wallywalters · Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 6

It wasn't a permissions issue, becausae I could open it in every text editor but Akelpaad. Finally I uninstalled AkelPad and reinstalled it in Safe Mode, anda now it works fine. Don't know why this worked, just happy it did.

poma · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 12

I'm having the same issue. I belive this is because 'etc' folder exists only in x64 system32 folder and don't exist in SysWOW64. Since akelpad is 32 bit it can't access this path.

Instead, you should open c:\windows\sysnative\drivers\etc\hosts

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poma