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How to edit the hosts in Windows 7?

I would like to add an address to the hosts file. I am running Windows 7 (Hebrew edition), and I am the system administrator. I have tried the command notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts to ...
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When I start command prompt w/ administrative rights, the "Start in" location is igored. Any way to avoid this? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Windows 7 Administrator Command Prompt “Start in” Path I have it set to c:\myfolder. If i click Start->Command Prompt it opens a console window started at c:\...
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On Windows 7, is there a command prompt line that can start cmd as an administrator? [duplicate]

On Linux, we can use sudo bash to run a shell as the superuser. On Windows 7, we can use Start menu -> (in search box, type) cmd -> Right click on search result and choose Run as Administrator ...
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Enable compatibility mode for command prompt in windows 7

I wanted to do something as simple as creating a link to run command promt as an administrator. So I created the link, but when I right-click>Properties>Compatibility all options are grayed out, and I ...
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