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Unlocking Windows 8 "God Mode" - A Useful Trick but also Mysterious Nonsense

Everyone likes the idea of a cheat mode, or "God Mode." Many years ago - I think around 1993 - Doom introduced the idea of switching a player into God Mode within the game by typing IDDQD. You'd then be invincible and get to feel like you'd discovered an exciting secret "easter egg" in the game. How exciting the the developers hid this for us to find!
You may have heard of a "God Mode" hidden in the depths of Windows 8 (or 7 for that matter). The idea is that you make a folder somewhere, I like using my desktop, and name the folder "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" and it "unlocks" a bunch of secret functionality.
Let's try.
Make a God Mode Folder for Windows
Now I hit Enter...
God Mode looks a lot like the Control Panel
Hm, the folder icon looks like the Control Panel now, and the long GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) is gone.  Cool.
What's the properties for this folder say? Right Click, Properties. There's the Type with the GUID. It's not just a File Folder, it's a File Folder with some metadata associated..
God Mode is a folder with a GUID at the end
Where is this GUID in the Registry? Let's run Regedit.exe and Find it.
God Mode in the registry is a GUID pointing to the Control Panel
Ah, it's the All Tasks view of the Control Panel. By naming this folder this way, its view is now the Control Panel with All Tasks shown.
But 'GodMode?' That is a little dodgy as a name, right? That might offend. Is it needed? Let me rename it to MagicPants.
You can name the GodMode folder whatever you want
Does it still work? Sure. I can call it whatever I need.
I renamed my folder "Magic Pants"
Is there a reason to have this "All Tasks" folder? No. It's just a view on a list of control panel tasks you already have.
See there where it says "add clocks for different time zones?" What if I just press the Start Button and type "add clocks" and click on Settings?
You can already search settings for ALL these Control Panel tasks
The Control Panel tasks are searched from the Start Screen's settings already. They always have been, even in Windows 7.
If you like the idea of an "All Tasks" or "God Mode" folder, be happy and make yourself one on your desktop. If not, know that ALL those features are already there. Just press the Windows button, type something, and hit settings. If you're a hotkey person, you can press Windows Key + W and access any of these 265 (and growing) helpers to customize your system.
Some cool examples, search for "RAM"
Search for RAM
or "Fonts"
Search for Fonts
or "Mouse"
Search for Mouse
Either way, enjoy the God Mode that your computer already has, or feel free to customize your machine to your heart's content.

Published By
S.G.Godwin Dinesh.MCA
Sr.System Administrator

 

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