Windows 8 - IE cannot reach sites listed in hosts file

Question

I have many local websites set up in IIS and have entries in my hosts file to make the websites available locally.

I\'ve come from a Windows 7 machine where everything w

Answer 1

See https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/fiddler/2011/12/10/revisiting-fiddler-and-win8-immersive-applications/ for a simple utility that allows you to disable the restriction so that you can load content from the localhost.

See https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2012/03/23/understanding-enhanced-protected-mode/ for the gory details of the restriction introduced in Windows 8.