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God Mode? Kind of... For Windows 7

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:58 pm
by Sabre
The tweak is enabled by creating a new folder and naming it with a certain text string at the end. The string is {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. The reason it's been named GodMode is because it first started circulating with the name GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. In reality, the part before .{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} can be replace by any string. The folder icon that you see after renaming the folder will then appear to be a Control Panel.
First, you’ve discovered a documented feature of the shell whereby filesystem folders can be easily made into namespace junctions, as described here on MSDN. Basically, any folder named . will show up with just the portion visible in Explorer, and navigating into the folder will take you to the namespace root defined by the portion of the name. This isn’t a user feature, it’s a developer feature.

The second thing you’ve discovered is the “All Tasks” folder. This is a special shell folder which is used as the source of the “Control Panel” search results seen in the Start menu. This folder was not designed to be browsed to directly, as the normal Control Panel folder (accessible via Start -> Control Panel) contains all the same items but with a custom view designed to be easier to navigate. The “All Tasks” folder has no custom view, so you just see the standard Explorer list view and little else.
I tried it and I love how easy it makes to get to things.

Re: God Mode? Kind of... For Windows 7

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:17 pm
by complacent
agreed. simpl iz goot.

Re: God Mode? Kind of... For Windows 7

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:49 pm
by complacent

Re: God Mode? Kind of... For Windows 7

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:00 pm
by Sabre
Very interesting indeed! I'll have to check more of them out :)