I've been trying for a couple of weeks to get the Map Enhancement program to load with no success. Here is the error message I get :

Apply hosts change failed

Unable to patch hosts file. Please try:

Run as administrator.

Turn off your antivirus and restart your computer.

Check if any tools inside your antivirus are protecting your system.

Add this mod into white list.

Please also visit FAQ page for more information.

Error detail: Access to the path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' is denied.

 

I have tried all the solutions listed above and also what various Google sites have recommended with no success.

I use this mod when it first came out, but then they changed the version and the new one won't load.

Please help if you can. Thanks

6 hours ago, Roy Warren said:

Run as administrator.

I do not run this program as admin. Works perfect for me.

Tried it and still not loading

Please excuse the somewhat silly question but is your Hosts file actually present in the above location?

23 minutes ago, cj-ibbotson said:

Please excuse the somewhat silly question but is your Hosts file actually present in the above location?

Not a silly question because there was no host file present.  So I used instructions that I found on the internet to create a new one,  It didn't work.  There is nothing in it but comments marked #.  So I copied the host file from my another computer and put it in mine but it still didn't work.  I'm running Windows 11 and the other computer was Windows 10.  Don't know if that mattered.

If you will, check your host file and see if there are any ip addresses that are not commented out (#).   Or better yet copy and paste your file here so I can try it.

Thanks,

Roy

14 minutes ago, Roy Warren said:

Not a silly question because there was no host file present.  So I used instructions that I found on the internet to create a new one,  It didn't work.  There is nothing in it but comments marked #.  So I copied the host file from my another computer and put it in mine but it still didn't work.  I'm running Windows 11 and the other computer was Windows 10.  Don't know if that mattered.

If you will, check your host file and see if there are any ip addresses that are not commented out (#).   Or better yet copy and paste your file here so I can try it.

Thanks,

Roy

I see you're calling the file "host" instead of "hosts" (which is the correct name). Are you sure you have it with the correct name in your system? If you named it "host" it won't work.

4 minutes ago, Alvega said:

I see you're calling the file "host" instead of "hosts" (which is the correct name). Are you sure you have it with the correct name in your system? If you named it "host" it won't work.

just a spelling  issues  since in his  first post  he  has  listed  the  correct  path

11 minutes ago, Alvega said:

I see you're calling the file "host" instead of "hosts" (which is the correct name). Are you sure you have it with the correct name in your system? If you named it "host" it won't work.

Just checked and it's hosts. 

12 minutes ago, Roy Warren said:

Just checked and it's hosts. 

suppose  you cant install  the  previous  version  you had  before  when it  worked

File is hosts with no extension:

Use these entries:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#    127.0.0.1       localhost
#    ::1             localhost
127.0.0.1 kh.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t3.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t2.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t1.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t0.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 khstorelive.azureedge.net

4 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

File is hosts with no extension:

Use these entries:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#    127.0.0.1       localhost
#    ::1             localhost
127.0.0.1 kh.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t3.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t2.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t1.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t0.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 khstorelive.azureedge.net

Thank you.  I'll try it.  I see it has the ip addresses.

I would restart Windows after making the changes.

sp

15 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

File is hosts with no extension:

Use these entries:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#    127.0.0.1       localhost
#    ::1             localhost
127.0.0.1 kh.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t3.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t2.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t1.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 t0.ssl.ak.tiles.virtualearth.net
127.0.0.1 khstorelive.azureedge.net

I thought for sure that this would be the answer but it still won't load.  I even rebooted the computer and checked to see it the .txt extension was eliminated and it has no extension.

Before I haven changed mu Kaspersky virus protection to "allow: for everything to do with this mod, so I'm at a loss to see what the problem is. 

How about turning off Kaspersky just for testing?

sp

15 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

How about turning off Kaspersky just for testing?

sp

I had tried that before but I guess I didn't get it turned off.  So I got past the error screen now.

Thanks so much.