Wildcards in a Windows hosts file

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Wildcards in a Windows hosts file

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Acrylic DNS Proxy (free, open source) does the job. It creates a proxy DNS server (on your own computer) with its own hosts file. The hosts file accepts wildcards.

**Download from the offical website**

[http://mayakron.altervista.org/support/browse.php?path=Acrylic&name=Home](http://mayakron.altervista.org/support/browse.php?path=Acrylic&name=Home)

Configuring Acrylic DNS Proxy

**To configure Acrylic DNS Proxy, install it from the above link then go to:**

- Start

- Programs

- Acrylic DNS Proxy

- Config

- Edit Custom Hosts File (AcrylicHosts.txt)

**Add the folowing lines on the end of the file:**

```
127.0.0.1 *.localhost
127.0.0.1 *.local
127.0.0.1 *.lc

```

**Restart the Acrylic DNS Proxy service:**

- Start

- Programs

- Acrilic DNS Proxy

- Config

- Restart Acrylic Service

**You will also need to adjust your DNS setting in you network interface settings:**

- Start

- Control Panel

- Network and Internet

- Network Connections

- Local Area Connection Properties

- TCP/IPv4

**Set "Use the following DNS server address":**

```
Preferred DNS Server: 127.0.0.1

```

*If you then combine this answer with jeremyasnyder's answer (using `VirtualDocumentRoot`) you can then automatically setup domains/virtual hosts by simply creating a directory.*