Windows 7's "God Mode"

**SephYuyX** · 2010-01-04 17:31

http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/stev...mage_thumb.png

So, just stumbled upon this and thought yall mught be interested too. I dont have a 7 machine available to test atm, but seems like it works.

Should work on Vista, 2008, and 7, but it could be hit and miss (Read: Crash) with 64bit versions.

It's basically the control panel, but with every single hidden and none hidden option in one spot.

To enable it, add a folder anywhere and name it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Edit: And yes, GodMode can be whatever you want the folder to be called.

http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/arc...windows-7.aspx

**stewie** · 2010-01-04 17:46

Works on Vista 32bit. Also, only the .{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
part needs to be there the front can be whatever you want to name it.

**Maguspk** · 2010-01-04 22:02

worked on windows 7 64-bit ultimate

**kuronosan** · 2010-01-04 22:10

Worked on Win7 Home Premium x64. All I wanted was to unlock IME so I could use Russian and Spanish. Kind of sucks that MS makes you pay extra just for languages.

Их работать!

Vuitton · 2010-01-04 22:11

Works on Win7 x64 Pro.

Vuitton · 2010-01-04 22:13

Originally Posted by kuronosan

Worked on Win7 Home Premium. All I wanted was to unlock IME so I could use Russian and Spanish. Kind of sucks that MS makes you pay extra just for languages.

何ですか。 What? I've always had access to IME. I've been using the Chinese and Japanese languages with no problems, and I use Win7 Pro.

**kuronosan** · 2010-01-04 22:13

Originally Posted by Vuitton

何ですか。 What? I've always had access to IME. I've been using the Chinese and Japanese languages with no problems, and I use Win7 Pro.

I dunno, maybe I needed to do something else, but hey... whatever else this lets me do... awesome.

**SephYuyX** · 2010-01-04 22:20

Probably not a Home feature.

**Meyor** · 2010-01-04 23:04

This is very cool, thanks

**Minions** · 2010-01-05 00:07

Could be useful for service calls, save a little time. Thanks

**Yugl** · 2010-01-05 00:22

You can use IME without paying on home version as well.

Windows 7 Home Version:
Control Panel => Clock,Region, and Language => Region and Language => Keyboard and Languages => Change Keyboards => Add => Find the language.

**Khajit** · 2010-01-05 01:42

The existence of the folder seems to crash explorer when i try to open the folder. is there any way to remotely delete the folder without using explorer?
In retrospect i should have put it inside another folder so that i this kind of thing wouldn't disable a folder chock full of my stuff in it.
Nvm found out how to fix it in the comments.

**Deadgye** · 2010-01-05 01:59

I don't see why you have to go inside GodMode to delete it. So, assuming you mean the folder it's inside of:

1. Windows key + r
2. Type "cmd" -> enter
3. Type "color 04" so you can pretend you're a hacker.
4. Type "rename "C:\Example 1\Example 2\GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" "Huzzah"
5. ???
6. Profit

**fishstix** · 2010-01-05 04:46

pretty cool

**Obiron** · 2010-01-07 11:24

I just found an article cnet wrote yesterday, they were able to get some info from Microsoft and were give some additional shortcuts that the devs created:

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

Those intrigued by the "GodMode" in Windows 7 may be interested to know that there are many other similar shortcuts hidden within the operating system.

Intended for developers as a shortcut to various internal settings, such features have been around since Vista and even before, according to the head of Microsoft's Windows division, who tells CNET that the so-called GodMode settings folder uncovered by bloggers is just one of many undocumented developer features included in Windows.

In an e-mail interview, Steven Sinofsky, Windows division president, said several similar undocumented features provide direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors.

As with the all-encompassing GodMode uncovered by bloggers, these other settings can be accessed directly by creating a new folder with any name (GodMode or otherwise) and then including a certain text string. Sinofsky noted more than a dozen strings create particular settings folders, in addition to the overarching GodMode folder option.

Sinofsky and others say the term GodMode was coined by bloggers; it was not something the company used internally to refer to the settings folders. Although Microsoft maintains many such undocumented developer commands to access such settings, all are replicated by the operating system's Control Panel settings.

Such undocumented means of accessing various settings have occurred in previous versions of Windows, and the GodMode identified by bloggers was also present in Windows Vista. 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.

It seems that the folks in Redmond have gotten a kick out of all the attention that the Godmode has gotten and have decided to have fun with it. Sinofsky sent a list of other commands that also create special folders (see list below).

Given the Vista issues, though, I would try these only on a Windows 7 machine, ideally a test machine. To make it work, create a new folder with any name, then a period, then one of the text strings below.

For example, the first one could be a folder named "thankscnet.{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}" (use everything inside quotes--but not the quotes themselves).

Here's the list of strings:

{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}

And, as a reminder, to create the Godmode folder itself, use this string:

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

**SephYuyX** · 2010-01-07 12:01

A list of what those do and more:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...41(VS.85).aspx

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