Windows 7 God Mode

[RabbieBurns]

Right click on your desktop

 

Create a new folder

 

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

 

Watch the icon change and you have access to every config tool in win7

 

(you can put anything as the text preceding the . )

[actech]

Thanks for the heads up!!

[Guest richard_s]

Nice one

[andy_nic]

thanks

[smadison]

Many thanks

[ajbritton]

Excellent tip. Thanks given.

 

This needs to be wikified....

 

(edit)wikified - http://www.edugeek.net/wiki/index.php/Windows_7_Tips

Edited January 5, 2010 by ajbritton
added tip to wiki

[EvLPhenom]

Will have to try this tonight when i get home. Thanks.

[eddyc]

Thanks, that's really cool

[mrbios]

At last i can have a shortcut direct to network connections rather than having to go through that stupid sharing center crap yaaaay

[andyrite]

Thanks. Thats an ace tip!

[sparkeh]

Btw this works in Vista too

 

Edit: though I have read it doesn't work in Vista x64 - not sure about W7 x64, will try it in a bit.

[DMcCoy]

Btw this works in Vista too

 

And 2008/R2, unsurprisingly

[FN-GM]

Good find

[RobFuller]

Win7 X64 working

[sparkeh]

Btw this works in Vista too

 

Edit: though I have read it doesn't work in Vista x64 - not sure about W7 x64, will try it in a bit.

 

Works in Win7 x64.

Pretty cool that it works off a memory stick too so you can carry it around with you and just stick it into machines as you need it.

[AyatollahPies]

Superb find young man, though this isn't going to help me with Windows 7 exam revision.

 

Don't think they will accept "Go to GodMode folder on desktop" as a solution to everything.

[ronnoco]

brill!....cheers!

[RabbieBurns]

You can also add this to the quicklaunch on the taskbar to make it even more accessible:

 

Right Click on the taskbar and go to >Toolbars>New Toolbar.

 

Paste this into the window: "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" (without quotes) and OK.

 

Next unlock the taskbar in the usual fashion and shimmy the quick launch bar to your preferred area.

 

Right click on the word Quick Launch and untick "Show text" and "Show title"

 

You can now drag the godmode to the quicklaunch.

 

http://www.peninsulafm.com/godmode.png

 

(thanks to originofsymmetery for the how to enable quick launch info he posted here http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/40061-some-win-7-annoyances.html)

[elsiegee40]

.... and how do you stop the little darlings from using this whizzy tool?

[JJonas]

.... and how do you stop the little darlings from using this whizzy tool?

 

I was thinking that exact same thing.

[Domino]

They should be locked out of using any of it through group policy anyway right?

[sted]

just tried that on an 08 (non r2) sp2 x64 and it just caused explorer to crash repeatedly every time explorer opened the desktop folder had to log in as another user and delete the folder with dos lol

[elsiegee40]

They should be locked out of using any of it through group policy anyway right?

 

They should, but has anyone tested this yet?

[RichB]

Evening guys and girls just been having a mess around with this tool....

 

two things... firstly you can name the folder anything you want i.e admin folder then the string!

 

secondly when you save this folder on your usb pen and access it on a win7 pc i.e in a computer room everything WORKS... even with group policies in place!

 

Having a little play to stop it before the lovely kids find this out!

 

EDIT - stand corrected was using a power user account, only very small things still work like display settings... but still could be a worrie! Also asks for the admin log in details to carry on if the GP stops you, not a access denied message, kids could be locking out some admin accounts!

Edited January 5, 2010 by RichB

[llawwehttam]

I saw this early this morning when I checked my RSS feed from CNET.

 

Haven't had a chance to try it out but it sounds good.