So everyone is talking about the new "God Mode" found in Windows 7. Is it really new to Windows 7? Is it really a hidden secret thing? Lets understand it with the help of a very simple story.
2 persons are discussing about "GodMode":
Person 1: Did you know Windows 7 contains a hidden secret "God Mode"?
Person 2: (Surprised...) Really? I didn't. Can you please let me know how to access it?
Person 1: Sure. Just create a new folder anywhere in Windows 7. You can create it on Desktop or within Windows Explorer and give it following name:
God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Voilla. Now you'll have access to all Control Panel settings page in a single place as shown in following screenshot:
Person 2: (Excited...) Wow. Amazing. Its too cool. But hey! I tried to use my name instead of "God Mode" while renaming the folder and its still working. So what's so special about giving it name "God Mode"?
Person 1: (Confused and looking at the front wall...) Hmmm. Guess what, you are right mate. I checked and it works for any string but the code given after the decimal point is must and should not be changed.
Person 2: Yeah. So "God Mode" has nothing to do with this special Control Panel page. I investigated and found that actually this page is called "All Tasks" and you can get more information about it from Windows Registry.
Type regedit in RUN or Startmenu Searchbox and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor. Now go to following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Or press "Ctrl+F" in Registry Editor and search for {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} string. It'll open the same key for you.
Now you can see, this key have "All Tasks" as default value.
Person 1: True mate.
Person 2: Actually this special "All Tasks" page is neither any easter egg nor any hidden secret thing. It was developed by Windows developers to show search results. Whenever you search for any term in control panel window, the "All Tasks" page is searched for the term and if any search result is found, its shown to the user.
In fact, there is no need to create a new folder to access it. You can directly access it using following command in RUN or Windows Explorer addressbar:
shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
You can also create a shortcut using following command:
explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
And its not any new thing in Windows 7. It was also present in Windows Vista.
Person 1: Says nothing and leaves the room...
PS: If you want a ready-made "Windows 7 God Mode" shortcut, download following ZIP file, extract it and run the extracted file. It'll directly launch the so called hidden secret GodMode:
Download "Windows 7 God Mode" Shortcut
Also Read:
How to Pin Windows 7 “God Mode” Shortcut to Taskbar?
How to Add Windows 7 “God Mode” Shortcut in Desktop Context Menu?
How to Add Windows 7 “God Mode” Shortcut in My Computer Context Menu?
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Osmosis Ching
Great Post. I am know about the God Mode from other web site but i not try it due to i not sure wat is it. After the explained by you, VG, i know this is a easy way to access all the feature in the control Panel. THX, VG.
Astitva
this was great........
Vic
Thanks dude!
Mike Fleming
Just finished reformatting because of this.....DO NOT USE IN VISTA 64bit.
Jason
Similar -- using {...GUID...} as 'secret activation' -- has existed since either 98 or NT. I forget which but I remember reading about it, tried it worked well, got too adventurous and bricked my PC.
Dustin Harper
Jason, it's exactly that. Since 95, when the registry was born. It's a lot more useful in Vista and 7, now that the Control Panel is getting more complicated and it takes more clicks to get to a single place. I do wonder if you can place the folder on a flash drive and take it from PC to PC as part of a support tools...
Dustin Harper
Confirmed. It works great with a flash drive, as well!
This is a handy little trick. 
Gosh, I think it was one of the old Resource Kit's for 95 or 98 that first documented this...
Rishabh Agarwal
Indeed Valuable. Thanks for the share
rsvr85
Finally! Someone who doesn't give a shit about this "God-Mode" or think it's anything special.
If i had a quid for every article i've seen on the net about this ridiculous 'Easter-Egg', i'd be moderately wealthy by now.
For the time is takes to scroll through "God-Mode" and find - say, Link online IDs, you could've 'regularly' searched for it in CP, opened it, linked your ID and had a laugh and the person trawling through the overbearing list in "God-Mode".
Vic
What happens exactly when used in Vista 64bit?