Yes, it sure can become confusing, but I also think those are technical programming solvable issues while not being able to edit is a technical hurdle to usage, a flow bug if you will.
Discourse already has a Wiki feature for posts that are likely to need frequent updating.And I would rather get a Notification for a topic that got a correction / additional information post than get a Notification for an aged post that got edited.
I believe my example was, if a topic becomes too out-dated, unlist the topic and setup a new one with the newer information. This fully resolve the search engine problem because unlisted topics state they do not want to be indexed any longer.
if a topic becomes too out-dated, unlist the topic and setup a new one with the newer information. This fully resolve the search engine problem because unlisted topics state they do not want to be indexed any longer.
Still, when I run notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, edit the file, and try to save, it won't let me. If I run notepad as administrator first, then open the file, I can save without problems.
But, why, after the measurements I have taken, isn't my user regarded as an administrator user? What am I missing here, in order to make my user an actual administrator (and not just a regular user with some fancy label in user accounts)?
As what was explained to you earlier, you are an Administrator user. You can go through the effort to change this but it comes with a lot of risks. To make a comparison: you do not applications on Linux with "root" regularly but instead elevate with the "su" command or by logging in as "root."
The problem is actually very simple: in Windows 10 the hosts file is read-only by default. This means that even if you can access it with administrative privileges, you still cannot write to it.Furthermore (at least on my machine) this means that editing a copy as others suggested won't work, because it will be read-only too!
Then you can freely edit the hosts file with your favourite text editor (running it as an administrator). Remember to re-set the read-only bit after you're done to prevent other applications from modifying it without your knowledge.
Check your firewall settings. I just recently came across this issue. Only user of my PC and could not get that hosts file to cooperate. Tried to delete and antivirus pops up telling me it has protected me. I use Avira, so I into my real-time protection configuration, check the security tab and "Protect windows hosts file from changes." is on by default. I uncheck, apply, do my change, then check it back and apply. No issue at all once that option was unchecked.
You can use local user manager (C:\windows\system32\lusrmgr.msc) to remove yourself from the users group and only be present in the administrators group - but this may cause more hassle than its worth.
You could always take this one step further and launch cmd as an admin, from cmd - you can launch "taskmgr" and then kill and re-open "explorer.exe". Since taskmgr is running as an admin - processed launched under this context (explorer.exe - WINDOWS!) will also be in a pure administrator context - HOWEVER, this comes with a whole myriad of warnings:
Changing the access rights for the User group to full control for the hosts file allowed me to save it without having to run stuff as administrator. The fact that my account is an administrator, and the administrators had full control of the file didn't allow me to edit it. Makes no sense. Go Windows!
To find out what program is locking the file, I recommend a small utility called Unlocker by Cedrick Collomb. The download is no longer available on the author's website, but I was able to obtain it from Softpedia.
Hi. I spent quite a while creating a print file with a custom modifier mesh. I now want to change the filament temperature on one color, and I realize my editable model is gone! I have the .bgcode print file, but is there any way to change the temperature setting f
