Windows 7 'God Mode'

[Killer Tomato]

Windows 7's so-called "GodMode" is actually a shortcut to accessing the operating system's various control settings.

Taken from C-NET:

Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden "GodMode" feature that lets users access all of the operating system's control panels from within a single folder.
By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it with a certain text string at the end, users are able to have a single place to do everything from changing the look of the mouse pointer to making a new hard-drive partition.

The trick is also said to work in Windows Vista, although some are warning that although it works fine in 32-bit versions of Vista, it can cause 64-bit versions of that operating system to crash.


To enter "GodMode," one need only create a new folder and then rename the folder to the following:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Once that is done, the folder's icon will change to resemble a control panel and will contain dozens of control options. I'm not sure it's my idea of playing God, but it is a handy way to get to all kinds of controls.

[severe16]

I just tried it on my windows vista to no avail. Is there a particuliar place you have to put the folder???

[Killer Tomato]

Put the folder anywhere. I used the desktop to test it. Move the folder anywhere afterwards just like any other.

Did you type it in ?
You have to type the dot and brackets too. Copy/paste instead to avoid mistakes.
Just so you know you don't have to call it GodMode. (I use SuperCP)

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Create a new folder and copy/paste these codes onto the end of the name to try more codes:

.{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
.{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
.{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
.{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
.{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
.{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
.{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
.{1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
.{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
.{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
.{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
.{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}
.{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}

Some users of the 64-bit version of Vista, however, say invoking the GodMode folder caused their machines to crash. Microsoft says it has yet to reproduce that problem, though several readers have said they have encountered problems.


Read the original articles:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10426627-56.html

[Killer Tomato]

Try these out too:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330741%28VS.85%29.aspx