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Context will not edit the Hosts file #48

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GoogleCodeExporter opened this issue Aug 24, 2015 · 3 comments
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Context will not edit the Hosts file #48

GoogleCodeExporter opened this issue Aug 24, 2015 · 3 comments

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  Setup Context to be your notepad replacement
2.  Navigate to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\
3.  Right click the Hosts file and choose Context

What is the expected output?

It should open and edit the Hosts test file.

What do you see instead?
You get the following Error. 

   Error Opening ''.    

What version of the product are you using?
v0.98.6

On what operating system?
Windows 7 64bit w/Service Pack 1.  However, it did this before the Service Pack 
upgrade.

Please provide any additional information below.

Simply won't open the file.  

Great product.  THanks!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by keith.wi...@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2011 at 4:20

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Note that browsing within ConTEXT using File.. Open.. the etc folder was not 
even showing within the drivers folder. adding \etc to the path opened the 
folder but the error appeared trying to open any files within.

Same effect running ConTEXT as administrator using right click "run as 
administrator" on the exe.

Original comment by trini...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2011 at 7:25

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Also seeing this behavior. Specifically: it appears to be related to Privilege 
Elevation not being handled correctly. Notepad is able to open the hosts file 
just fine provided you right-click and choose "Run as Administrator...", but 
this same technique does not work with ConTEXT.

Original comment by bepor...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2011 at 12:53

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This is still an issue with ConTEXT version 0.98.6

Original comment by justinwe...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2014 at 7:46

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