xampp test site on windows xp

[soxophoneplayer]

I recently rebuilt an upgrade site on my pc, windows xp and xampp.

About once every week the site access 'vanishes'. The first time it took a very long effort to figure it out....

Part of setting up the test site was making www.example.com on my localhost, following the zen manual. On page 37 it gives a snippet to cut and paste into \WINDOWS\system32\dr ivers\etc\hosts.

It seems that every time windows Update runs, it erases the changes, even though I set the file to read only.

Now I just keep /hosts loaded on my NotepadII, and the code snipped on my desktop - and when the site access vanishes I copy and paste and save, and away we go.

Still can't figure out why 'read only' doesn't stop Update (or me).

[tino.schlegel]

What does this have to do with Zencart? Maybe you should access your site via http://localhost/ and forget about this problem. Otherwise ask the Microsoft Windows XP support why they change the files when you run a windows update.

[TShooters]

If you have your local setup installed on your hard drive under
Program Files, your changes are most likely being saved as temp files under User.

See the "e-Start Your Web Store with Zen Cart" author's errata pg here, Pg. 34, Step 2:
http://www.cucumbermedia.com/store/i...id=1&chapter=1