Mike Brawley Exploring the World!

Beyond Windows 7 God Mode

Many of you enjoyed the God Mode "trick" so here's a few more released by Microsoft. If you do not know what God mode is I have listed it below as well for you to try out.

1. Open Windows Explorer and create a new folder

NOTE: Creating the folder on the Desktop might or might not work. I have had mixed experiences when creating this on the desktop.

2. Rename the folder by pasting the name below exactly as it appears:

The original God Mode!

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

(note that you can change the “GodMode” text, but the following period and code number are essential).

And some others.

Microsoft.ActionCenter.{BB64F8A7-BEE7-4E1A-AB8D-7D8273F7FDB6}
Microsoft.AdministrativeTools.{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}
Microsoft.AutoPlay.{9C60DE1E-E5FC-40f4-A487-460851A8D915}
Microsoft.BackupAndRestore.{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Microsoft.BiometricDevices .{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
Microsoft.BitLockerDriveEncryption.{D9EF8727-CAC2-4e60-809E-86F80A666C91}
Microsoft.ColorManagement.{B2C761C6-29BC-4f19-9251-E6195265BAF1}
Microsoft.CredentialManager.{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Microsoft.DateAndTime.{E2E7934B-DCE5-43C4-9576-7FE4F75E7480}
Microsoft.DefaultLocation.{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
Microsoft.DefaultPrograms.{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
Microsoft.DesktopGadgets .{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}
Microsoft.DeviceManager.{74246bfc-4c96-11d0-abef-0020af6b0b7a}
Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters .{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}
Microsoft.Display.{C555438B-3C23-4769-A71F-B6D3D9B6053A}
Microsoft.EaseOfAccessCenter.{D555645E-D4F8-4c29-A827-D93C859C4F2A}
Microsoft.FolderOptions.{6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF}
Microsoft.Fonts.{93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}
Microsoft.GameControllers.{259EF4B1-E6C9-4176-B574-481532C9BCE8}
Microsoft.GetPrograms.{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Microsoft.GettingStarted.{CB1B7F8C-C50A-4176-B604-9E24DEE8D4D1}
Microsoft.HomeGroup.{67CA7650-96E6-4FDD-BB43-A8E774F73A57}
Microsoft.IndexingOptions.{87D66A43-7B11-4A28-9811-C86EE395ACF7}
Microsoft.Infrared.{A0275511-0E86-4ECA-97C2-ECD8F1221D08}
Microsoft.InternetOptions.{A3DD4F92-658A-410F-84FD-6FBBBEF2FFFE}
Microsoft.iSCSIInitiator.{A304259D-52B8-4526-8B1A-A1D6CECC8243}
Microsoft.Keyboard.{725BE8F7-668E-4C7B-8F90-46BDB0936430}
Microsoft.LocationAndOtherSensors.{E9950154-C418-419e-A90A-20C5287AE24B}
Microsoft.Mouse.{6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}
Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter.{8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}
Microsoft.NotificationAreaIcons.{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
Microsoft.OfflineFiles.{D24F75AA-4F2B-4D07-A3C4-469B3D9030C4}
Microsoft.ParentalControls.{96AE8D84-A250-4520-95A5-A47A7E3C548B}
Microsoft.PenAndTouch.{F82DF8F7-8B9F-442E-A48C-818EA735FF9B}
Microsoft.PeopleNearMe.{5224F545-A443-4859-BA23-7B5A95BDC8EF}
Microsoft.PerformanceInformationAndTools.{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Microsoft.Personalization.{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
Microsoft.PhoneAndModem.{40419485-C444-4567-851A-2DD7BFA1684D}
Microsoft.PowerOptions.{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Microsoft.ProgramsAndFeatures.{7b81be6a-ce2b-4676-a29e-eb907a5126c5}
Microsoft.Recovery.{9FE63AFD-59CF-4419-9775-ABCC3849F861}
Microsoft.RegionAndLanguage.{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}
Microsoft.RemoteAppAndDesktopConnections.{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Microsoft.ScannersAndCameras.{00f2886f-cd64-4fc9-8ec5-30ef6cdbe8c3}
Microsoft.Sound.{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}
Microsoft.SpeechRecognition.{58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}
Microsoft.SyncCenter.{9C73F5E5-7AE7-4E32-A8E8-8D23B85255BF}
Microsoft.System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4f75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}
Microsoft.TabletPCSettings.{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}
Microsoft.TaskbarAndStartMenu.{0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1}
Microsoft.TextToSpeech.{D17D1D6D-CC3F-4815-8FE3-607E7D5D10B3}
Microsoft.Troubleshooting.{C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}
Microsoft.UserAccounts.{60632754-c523-4b62-b45c-4172da012619}
Microsoft.WindowsAnytimeUpgrade.{BE122A0E-4503-11DA-8BDE-F66BAD1E3F3A}
Microsoft.CardSpace.{78CB147A-98EA-4AA6-B0DF-C8681F69341C}
Microsoft.WindowsDefender.{D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A}
Microsoft.WindowsFirewall.{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Microsoft.MobilityCenter.{5ea4f148-308c-46d7-98a9-49041b1dd468}
Microsoft.WindowsSideShow.{E95A4861-D57A-4be1-AD0F-35267E261739}
Microsoft.WindowsUpdate.{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}
Microsoft.NetworkFolder.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

3. Windows Vista-specific codes

Microsoft.AddHardware.{7A979262-40CE-46ff-AEEE-7884AC3B6136}
Microsoft.AudioDevicesAndSoundThemes.{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}
Microsoft.BackupAndRestoreCenter.{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD}
Microsoft.InfraredOptions.{A0275511-0E86-4ECA-97C2-ECD8F1221D08}
Microsoft.PenAndInputDevices.{F82DF8F7-8B9F-442E-A48C-818EA735FF9B}
Microsoft.PhoneAndModemOptions.{40419485-C444-4567-851A-2DD7BFA1684D}
Microsoft.Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Microsoft.ProblemReportsAndSolutions.{FCFEECAE-EE1B-4849-AE50-685DCF7717EC}
Microsoft.RegionalAndLanguageOptions.{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}
Microsoft.SecurityCenter.{087DA31B-0DD3-4537-8E23-64A18591F88B}
Microsoft.SpeechRecognitionOptions.{58E3C745-D971-4081-9034-86E34B30836A}
Microsoft.WelcomeCenter.{CB1B7F8C-C50A-4176-B604-9E24DEE8D4D1}
Microsoft.WindowsSidebarProperties.{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}

4. Name your folder

Once you edit the folder and enter one of the lines above, the folder will change to be one of the God Mode elements. Once this has been performed you can then rename the folder again to whatever you want.

5. Warning

The trick works on both the 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Vista 32-bit and Windows Server 2008 32-bit should also work. However, it is known to crash 64-bit versions of Vista — and you may need to boot in safe mode or to the command line to delete the folder. I do not recommend performing any of the following on a production server!