Beats me then.

I can navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc from the Open dialog from
Notepad and Word.

What are you trying to do? Open your HOSTS file?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:6dbrr1d6p6oh2t8670kg4egolr7ffrqd10@4ax.com,
tom <user@user.org> hunted and pecked:
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:50:40 -0700, "Wesley Vogel"
> <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Does the etc folder exist?
>>
>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
>
> yes the folder exist