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Merge pull request #148 from davejamesmiller/patch-1 

Add to readme how to avoid UAC prompt in Windows
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Seth Reeser 2015-10-12 23:36:02 -04:00
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@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ elevated privileges. If hostmanager detects that it cannot overwrite the file,
it will attempt to do so with elevated privileges, causing the
[UAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control) prompt to appear.
To avoid the UAC prompt, open ```%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\``` in
Explorer, right-click the hosts file, go to Properties > Security > Edit
and give your user Modify permission.
### UAC limitations
Due to limitations caused by UAC, cancelling out of the UAC prompt will not cause any