:: :: This script will first create a backup of the original or the current hosts :: file and save it in a file named "hosts.skel". :: :: If the "hosts.skel" file exists, the new hosts file with the customized unified :: hosts will be copied to the proper path. Next, the DNS cache will be refreshed. :: :: THIS BAT FILE MUST BE LAUNCHED WITH ADMINISTRATOR PRIVILEGES :: Admin privileges script based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/10052222 :: @echo off title Update Hosts :: Check if we are an administrator. If not, exit immediately. :: BatchGotAdmin :: Check for permissions if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" equ "amd64" ( >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\config\system" ) else ( >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system" ) :: If the error flag set, we do not have admin rights. if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 ( echo Requesting administrative privileges... goto UACPrompt ) else ( goto gotAdmin ) :UACPrompt echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" set params= %* echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c ""%~s0"" %params:"=""%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" wscript.exe "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" del "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" exit /b :gotAdmin cd /d "%~dp0" :BackupHosts :: Backup the default hosts file if not exist "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.skel" ( copy /v "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.skel" ) :UpdateHosts :: Update hosts file py updateHostsFile.py --auto --minimise %* :: Copy over the new hosts file in-place copy /y /v hosts "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\" :: Flush the DNS cache ipconfig /flushdns :: Summary note pause