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Flush the DNS resolver cache

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Clears the local DNS cache so name lookups are resolved fresh. Useful after changing DNS servers or when a site's IP has changed and you're hitting a stale cached entry.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/dns/dns-top

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