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Windows 7: Enable Secret Godmode

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Windows 7: Enable Secret Godmode

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Windows 7: Enable Secret Godmode

　

Have you ever wondered if there are any secret Windows 7 features? Most games have a godmode, something that will enable all cheats and features. Windows 7 too. This is going to be a brief tutorial that will allow you to enable the secret godmode in Windows 7.

This trick actually duplicates the Windows Control Panel, but it puts the 270 most useful commands from its various modules front-and-center.

Here's how to set it up:

• Create a new folder on the Windows desktop (Right-click > New > Folder).

• Rename the folder: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

If you've done it right, the folder icon will change to that of the Control Panel.

Double-click on it to see dozens of tweak categories, each with commands for changing many aspects of Windows 7's behavior. It initially appears in the Details view - I recommend changing it to Tiles view.


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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It just produces the same results as going into each control panel would.  You can write anything in place of "GodMode" and the same thing happens. http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=2724

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yep, This "Master Control Panel" also works in Vista, first reported on NEOWIN in 2008

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Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This is an amazing find for someone like me who's afraid of fooling around with filenames and such, but I made the folder and followed instructions for renaming. I love how everything is grouped according into categories. This is an extremely useful find. Thanx

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

One annoying thing, tho... right clicking provides no option to change the icon... sticks out like a sore thumb cos it's not in keeping with my other 'themed' icons.  Oh well, I'll just pop it under a Winstep module until needed... and hope like heck I can remember where I hid it..

:-"

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I created a shortcut in object dock and pasted this in where it says link: shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Now I have "God Mode" in my dock!

 

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Since I use a tabbed dock I placed a short cut in my tools tab

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Now I have "God Mode" in my dock!

Me too!  Thanks for that Chasbo and Butch.  That's a handy piece of info there.

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Very cool tip butch123.  Makes things much easier to find.  Thanks!! :thumbsup:

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

From a C-net article:

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Sinofsky revealed a list of other similar strings, noting that none of them actually give access to anything that you couldn't do already do in Control Panel. Below are some of the strings, along with what they give you access to. For a complete list of strings like these and what they give you access to, you can visit Canonical Names of Control Panel Items on MSDN's Windows Developer Center.

    Default Location - {00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
    Biometrics - {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
    Power Settings - {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
    Notification Area - {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
    Manage Credentials - {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
    Get New Programs - {15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
    Default Programs - {17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
    NET Framework Assemblies - {1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
    Wireless Networks - {1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
    Network Neighborhood - {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
    My Computer - {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
    Printers - {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
    RemoteApp and Desktop - {241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
    Windows Firewall - {4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
    Performance - {78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
    GodMode - {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

     

    They all work the same way as the Godmode described by Butch 123

Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Damn and I was coming here to tell about this Nice Easter Egg

 

Sorry No windows 7 only

Bink.nu

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}
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thought you guys were bustin' my balls but curiousity got the better of my and hey good deal. It's not that it does everything CP does but it makes many things much easier to find. And I found a cool replacement icon to replace the ? mark. Thanks.

Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And I found a cool replacement icon to replace the ? mark.

 

It should look like a control panel already

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Nice one butch!!!!  5* :D :beer:

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I could not get to work in Vista 32 bit but no big deal as that is what my Laptop runs. I have W7 on my primary machine