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Local PHP web application custom url (NOT rewriting) local.myApp.com on Windows XP and Apache and hosts file

I am on XP, running WAMP 2.0 (apache, php, mysql).

I have an application: MyApplication
Local Location: http://localhost/MyApplication/

I would like to customize the url to be something like this:
local.MyApplication.com

I have modified my "hosts" file in c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts\ to reflect this using the following:

127.0.0.1/MyApplication/       local.MyApplication.com

1. I restarted WAMP after updating these and nothing.
2. I restarted the computer and nothing.

I tried updating the "httpd-vhosts.conf" but when I uncomment it the "httpd.conf" using the following, I get WAMP errors.

# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Any ideas?
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You Rock, fosiul01!!
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hahahah good!

i really didnot  know you can do this via /etc/hosts file

i just did this 30 mins ago to check if your concept is right or not, then realized you are 95% right, it does work

learn new things aswell today
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Roads_Roads, thanks for the link as well.

fosiul01, worked perfectly in one try. Thanks it took me a while to solve this.