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.
To enter "GodMode," one need only create a new folder and then rename the folder to the following
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
GodMode is a goofy term. It is making a call to a registry key that interfaces with the shell and it shows you a "super control panel" - this key and ability has been around for a while. Any folder can be created with the string after the dot.
You can run from start box as well
Start ->Run
explorer.exe shell{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
It is a documented developer feature of the shell
And the "All Tasks" folder which by design was not meant to be browsed to directly and is the source of the Control Panel
Works in Win 7 and 32 bit Vista. 64 bit Vista will crash so it would have to be run from the start box or short cut as;
explorer.exe shell{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
At first I thought it was a left over from coders, but if it is also in Vista, the oversight is not excusable.
Does one need to have higher privileges, other than to create a folder? It does not seem like it.
At first I thought it was a left over from coders, but if it is also in Vista, the oversight is not excusable.
Oversight? How so?
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It is not this huge backdoor that it was being dubbed. Why Tom's Hardware and CNET ran with it such as they did is a little confusing.
There are many Windows functions that can be executed from run commands to interface with explorer.exe or the shell
control.exe desk.cpl
control.exe /(name) Microsoft.PowerOptions
gpedit.msc
Heck even regedit is more invasive.
I use many run commands from even task manager/process explorer when doing malware/virus removal and explorer is compromised.
I think because of the reg key looking ominous people think its some sort of "hack".
Kind of fail to realize that if there are group and/or user policy restrictions in place you will be limited in a"GodMode"
interesting .. thanks
I did this on Win7 x64 as a run command and it worked. I then drag'n'dropped a shortcut to the quick launch for convenience.
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