Err... you can create a shortcut anywhere on your desktop, start menu, etc. and just point it to "C:\Windows\notepad.exe C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" right?
yup. I made the program to run as administrator. not sure if it really works that way since both my win7 are uac disabled.
Yeah... just right-click the shortcut and run as admin lo. Or can cincai find an adminlauncher or something and put it inside the shortcut, then you save a click, no need to right-click. Eh, same also... with adminlauncher, you doubleclick (2 clicks) and click Yes (1 click). Whereas with run as admin, you right-click (1 click), click Run as Admin (1 click) and then click Yes (1 click). Both ways also 3 clicks total. LOL!
I've used hostsman before it was pretty good if you need more than notepad. HostsMan (abelhadigital.com)