God Mode Easter Egg

January 4th, 2010
I did not discover this, I got it from a tweet that Rob Conery put out there. Thank you, Rob! I don’t know if this is a Windows 7 hack or if this is available in other operating systems.
  1. Create a new folder on your desktop
  2. Name the new folder: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
The new folder will change into this icon. image Clicking your shiny new icon will result in a new window that gives shortcut access to the myriad of configuration and administration utilities in Windows that I always seem to need to hunt down. image Opening one of these nodes will provide direct access to the associated utils. image Weird and beautiful, isn’t it? It makes me wonder what other Easter eggs are in there.

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  • http://elegantcode.com David Starr

    @esa

    The reason I originally documented this was so I would be able to look it up again for myself, but obviously others have benefited. Just look at the comments.

    Further, there are real people on the other end of your comment. I don’t know why you feel it is ok to just flame someone for posting a harmless article. What do you care? Turn the channel.

  • http://cincinnaticoder.blogspot.com Steven McWhorter

    this is great!!! thanks for posting! I never seen a real Easter Egg before.

  • http://www.failproofmfg.com David

    Best thing I’ve read today, thanks for posting!

  • Andrew Wong

    Tried this on Vista and it works, just like you said it!

  • http://www.annaleise.com Joel

    Sweet….

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  • John Duronio

    @Andrew Wong
    That’s cause it’s not really new. You could do this since Windows 95.

    Check out the old tips.txt support article here:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/135893

    John

  • kk

    I have posted an amateur explanation for his behavior on my blog
    http://kvangaveti.spaces.live.com/

  • green91

    messed up my windows vista, explorer (not IE) crashes over and over non stop HOW TO FIX!

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