:: :: This script will first create a backup of the original or current hosts :: file and save it in a file titled "hosts.skel" :: :: If "hosts.skel" 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 administrator. If not, exit immediately. :: BatchGotAdmin :------------------------------------- REM --> 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" ) REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin. 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" "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" exit /B :gotAdmin pushd "%CD%" CD /D "%~dp0" :BackupHosts :: Backup default hosts file if not exist "%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.skel" ( COPY %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.skel ) :UpdateHosts :: Update hosts file python updateHostsFile.py --auto --minimise :: Move new hosts file in-place COPY hosts %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\ :: Flush the DNS cache ipconfig /flushdns :: Summary note pause