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Windows 7 “GodMode”
posted by Daniel Miller 1/23/10

Applies to Windows 7, 32 and 64bit, and Vista 32bit only!
DO NOT PERFORM ON VISTA 64bit

I am not sure I am all that excited over what people are calling it.  It really is nothing new, just a new name for All Tasks, or MasterControl.  Also see
The name “Godmode” was probably coined by gamers, as there are special cheat codes for most games that make a player invincible, or give them special powers; these are commonly referred to as “GodMode”. 

“GodMode” is only recently what it has become known by.   Microsoft did not name it; it is not an undocumented function and the name of the folder you create for this hack DOES NOT NEED TO BE NAMED GodMode,  as you see in most articles.  It was just unknown to most people.

My theory on how this all got started was probably a group of gamers thought they discovered a new hidden mode and coined the name GodMode.  It got passed to CNet see here,  got published before anyone really did their homework,  and because it came from CNet, it spread across the internet.  Microsoft is probably having some fun with this.

What is “Godmode”?   It is not a mode; it just creates a folder with quick access just every control panel function in Windows 7.  Nothing new in that folder that you can’t do somewhere else, just easy access to all settings in one place.

Warning, even though this works fine in Windows 7, and Vista 32bit, it DOES NOT work with Vista 64 bit.

How to enable it?

1. Create a new folder anywhere in your system
2. Rename the folder to any_name_you_want .{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
I renamed mine to system.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}.  The important part is the period  and what follows.

If you want to know technically how this works. Click here

If you want to call this a mode, there are actually many more: See here

Note: If you perform this, keep in mind Microsoft may change the functionality of how this works in the future.
To delete the hack simply right click the folder and pick delete, just like any other folder.

64BIT VISTA
If you applied this hack to Vista64 bit….. you know by now it does not work.  It crashes explorer, making it difficult to delete the folder you created for this hack using explorer.
You will need to delete the folder at the command prompt rather than utilizing explorer.

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