Windows 7 "GodMode" discovered

[Chris_Skylock]

OH F*CK!! It has God Mode in Vista 32 bit. thanks for the tips

 

[Kwartel]

Wish there was a similar thing for XP, oh well obviously doesn't have enough features to make this needed by developers/beta testers.

I would love that

 

[luke_c]

I wouldn't call it THAT much of a "God mode" more of a Advanced Control Panel.

 

[Deleted member 35947]

Neat feature. Would have been nice if it wasn't hidden, but an option for advanced power users. I'd love to try it but running 64bit OS and don't want it crashing, nor do I want to take the risk.

 

[Hop2089]

It works on my new laptop just fine and I'll try out a few of the features later.

 

[Searinox]

1. Doesn't have to be called "GodMode" can be called anything before the period.
2. This way of calling control panel items is nothing new, it can be used to invoke other cpl objects aswell depending on their ID and there are some tutorials on how to do it out there. True I have not seen THIS type of control panel layout before, with all the options neatly listed but the method of using {CLSID} as a foldername to create an object that points to an OS control has been there.
3. Now way in hell is this gonna crash a 64bit OS.

 

[Adr990]

This will be usefull on schools, right?

 

[Rogue Trader]

Tried it on Vista....very very cool.

 

[RupeeClock]

This will be usefull on schools, right?

Well, depends on the school really!
Most schools I've been to are still using XP for their networks, this trick is for Win 7 and sometimes Vista.
Even then it's like a directory of control panel functions, even if you can get this open with the control panel disabled, who knows what you'll be allowed to change.

 

[shadow1w2]

Tried this in Windows Vista and its just short cuts to control panel options.
Usefull if you wanna place a shortcut somewhere or put one in a program like Slickrun and run them by test command. real quick like.
Was hoping for some special tweaks though but still usefull somewhat.
I think these shortcuts are just used by the control panel itself to make it seem all streamlined and simple.

Still a nice find though.

 

[macgeek417]

I wonder if I could use this on the WalMart display computers.....

 

[Adr990]

This will be usefull on schools, right?

Well, depends on the school really!
Most schools I've been to are still using XP for their networks, this trick is for Win 7 and sometimes Vista.
Even then it's like a directory of control panel functions, even if you can get this open with the control panel disabled, who knows what you'll be allowed to change.

My school just got Win7. Profit.

(Just need admin access for installing stuff, but FireFox install was able to bypass it for some reason.)

GodMode will fix admin access limit stuff? *Hopes*

 

[yuyuyup]

what makes it crash on x64

 

[Hatsu]

Dang, doesn't work on XP

 

[TheDestroyer]

Thanks! It works and it's awesome. I just made partitions xD

 

[Deleted_171835]

Awesome!

This combined with the "search bar" in the folder is pure awesomeness! I'll use this instead of "Control Panel" from now on.

 

[iFish]

i have found things in GodMode that i dont even know where to find regulary

 

[thedicemaster]

i have found things in GodMode that i dont even know where to find regulary

they are all in the search-bar on your start menu
you may have noticed how some buttons lead to exactly the same screen as others, this is because it's not meant for the user to see.
you type some keywords of what you want, and the start menu will give you the most relevant item.

example, you want to mess with drivers
possible searches are "update drivers", "device manager", or "hardware"
these will give 3 different "answers" all leading to the device manager, but in that "godmode" all 3 results are listed at the same time("update drivers", "manage hardware devices", and "device manager" most likely)

 

[Gore]

btw you can change the "GodMode" part to anything

 

[Hatsu]

btw you can change the "GodMode" part to anything

Yeah, you can. As long as the hex string is intact.

Has anyone got this running on XP?