how associate 127.0.0.1 to localhost

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    I've installed WampServer on my Windows Vista machine. Haven't used it for a while but now for some reason I can't access http://localhost, firefox tells me, "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost.". I can access WampServer via http://127.0.0.1/ and the main WampServer default page appears.

    Apache version : 2.2.8
    PHP : 5.2.6
    MySql : 5.0.51b

    Which file(s) do I need to edit in order to associate localhost to 127.0.0.1
     
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  2. MakeADifference

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    You have to put an entry in /etc/hosts


    Location in XP: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, Should be almost same in Vista
     
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    Thank you, found the file and made the necessary edit. All that was required was:

    127.0.0.1   localhost
    Code (markup):
     
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