Why localhost does not work on windows

[jordan4ibanez]

In case you are wondering why doing localhost does not work on windows, it's because by default 127.0.0.1 is not directed to localhost, to fix this, run notepad as admin, then open:

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WINDOWSDRIVE\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

And add:

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127.0.0.1 localhost

To the bottom of it.

[OmniStudent]

Weird that something this basic is left out in Windows. Did they forget, or was there a reason behind it?

[Calinou]

There is a pull request to fix it on Github (it makes "localhost" always connect to 127.0.0.1).
https://github.com/celeron55/minetest/pull/216

[dannydark]

Weird that something this basic is left out in Windows. Did they forget, or was there a reason behind it?

Its because by default localhost is reserved for windows server in some installs, although I have to say I have never had a problem accessing 127.0.0.1 via localhost on windows :S well other than in older versions of windows like xp, vista etc Windows 7/8 seem to work fine when connecting to localhost.