Vim, Win7, /etc/drivers/hosts

This is probably more a Win7 issue than a Vim issue, but I know that if I
took it to a Win7 forum they'd just tell me to use Notepad, and I'm not in
the mood for that.

I try to use gvim to edit my "hosts" file, but the .../drivers/etc folder is
invisible to me when I use the Open File... menu. I have to run Windows
Explorer as administrator and navigate to the hosts file and "Edit with Vim"
from the context menu. What I find odd is that if I do throw my pride out
the window and run Notepad as administrator, I can navigate to the file with
no problem. If it were just this one file, I wouldn't be too concerned, but
it makes me think I'll run into the same issue in the future--my normal
usage pattern (lauch, Open File, navigate to file) will give me misleading
results.

Can someone tell me how to configure gVim so it handles Win7 security?

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Daryl Lee
www.daryllee.com
The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates
The unlived life is not worth examining. -- Unknown

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