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Microsoft Win11/10 free tool set PowerToys will add a dedicated hosts file editor

2025-01-31 Update From: SLTechnology News&Howtos shulou NAV: SLTechnology News&Howtos > IT Information >

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CTOnews.com, October 14 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft's free system utility suite called PowerToys has been revived from the Windows XP era and introduced Windows 10 in May 2019. Can be used for advanced users to adjust and simplify Windows operations to improve efficiency. Used in conjunction with Windows 10/Windows 11 shell while allowing users to customize individual workflows.

According to the latest GitHub library submission, PowerToys will usher in two new features, namely, setting up backups and a dedicated hosts file editor.

Settings backup in PowerToys will allow users to export all custom settings to a file and restore settings from the file. Microsoft also wants to add additional features, such as automatic backup and recovery. The new backup option is located next to the General tab and is used to specify the file path for PowerToys settings backups.

CTOnews.com learned that another feature, the hosts file editor, makes it easier for users to manage hosts files. Hosts is a system file, which can establish an associated "database" between the URL domain name and its corresponding IP address. When a user enters a URL that needs to be logged in in the browser, the system will first automatically look for the corresponding IP address from the Hosts file. Once found, the system will immediately open the corresponding web page. If it is not found, the system will submit the URL to the DNS domain name resolution server for IP address resolution.

There is no special hosts file editor in Microsoft Windows system, and the usual way to modify it is to open it in notepad, which is not elegant. PowerToys will add a dedicated hosts file editor that supports the addition of entries, sorting, filtering, disabling, and ping existing addresses, and the ability to add comments to each entry.

It is not clear when these two features will be launched, they are currently under development, and we can look forward to it.

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