Google Chrome Ignoring Hosts File

Question

Google Chrome is ignoring the settings in C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts file. Both IE11 and Firefox are installed on the same machine and work as expec

Answer 1

I just encountered this tonight and none of these options worked. I discovered that Chrome now hides "www" (https://www.howtogeek.com/435728/chrome-now-hides-www-and-https-in-addresses.-do-you-care/). Chrome was using my hosts file, but I had to add "www." to my hostname in my hosts file since that's what the browser is actually requesting, even if it doesn't show it.