Command prompt ignores "start in" location when high

With the help of Windows 8.  I have a quick launch icon to run a command prompt.  I have the "start in:" location defined in the directory where I do all my work from command line.  I also have set it up to run as an administrator, of course; How many activities in command line does not require "elevation"?  The problem is, when the shortcut is configured to run as administrator, it ignores the "start in:" location and turns in C:\Windows\System32.  How can I fix it?

Thank you!  Was not quite accurate, but he pointed me in the right direction.  The syntax is not '&', but ' / k '.  So I changed the target to

%windir%\system32\CMD.exe/k cd\
and it worked!
Problem solved!
Thanks to WriterGamer!
No thanks to Microsoft's "Support Engineer" s!

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