Author Topic: cannot run FSDT live update - hosts access denied error **SOLVED**  (Read 3007 times)

EHAM611

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Hello there,

This morning I downloaded and installed Chicago O'Hare for P3Dv4.
When I load the scenery some terminal building are (partially) missing.
Terminal 5 is completely missing for example, and terminal 2 only shows light poles.

I read on this forum that running the live update should fix this problem, however I am not able to run it.
When I run the updater (as administrator) I keep on getting the following error massage:

''Your Windows hosts file cannot be read, the update cannot continue/
Access to the path C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts is denied.

I already put the path above in the exclusion list of my antivirus software, as the path of the addon manager.
I have no idea what I can do now to make it work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PC is running on Windows 10
P3D version 4
« Last Edit: November 27, 2020, 05:27:12 pm by EHAM611 »

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Re: Missing terminal buildings + cannot run FSDT live update
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2020, 11:18:59 am »
''Your Windows hosts file cannot be read, the update cannot continue/

Already discussed and answered here:

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,22373.0.html

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Re: cannot run FSDT live update - hosts access denied error
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2020, 11:38:58 am »
I tried, however I still cannot get it to work.
The first option the website says is to open the hosts file with notepad, but I already cannot do that.
Any tips on how to get this working?

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Re: cannot run FSDT live update - hosts access denied error
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2020, 12:52:52 pm »
The first option the website says is to open the hosts file with notepad, but I already cannot do that.

Use option number 4 on that site, to regain the access that crack/virus you installed has denied from your user account.