If you hate looking all over the control panel in Windows 7 for where Microsoft moved your favorite icon, you’ll love the “God Mode” hack. I found this on CNET.
Basically, you open Windows Explorer, navigate to the C: drive, create a new blank folder in Windows 7 and give it the following name:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
The folder icon changes automatically and you’ve got the ‘God Mode’ menu.
Double-click that icon and you have one menu with about 275-295 menu choices (depending on the hardware and windows features installed) broken into the following categories:
- Action Center (15 items)
- Administrative Tools (10 items)
- AutoPlay (3 items)
- Backup and Restore (2 items)
- BitLocker Drive Encryption (2 items – if you have BitLocker installed)
- Color Management (1 item)
- Credential Manager (1 item)
- Date and Time (4 items)
- Default Programs (2 items)
- Desktop Gadgets (6 items)
- Device Manager (1 item)
- Devices and Printers (9-11 items)
Note: I’ve also seen options for “Add a Bluetooth Device” and “Change Bluetooth Settings” on laptops. - Display (11 items)
- Ease of Access Center (26 items)
- Folder Options (5 items)
- Fonts (3 items)
- Getting Started (4 items)
- HomeGroup (2 items)
- Indexing Options (1 item)
- Internet Options (14 items)
- Keyboard (2 items)
- Location and Other Sensors (3 items)
- Mouse (8 items)
- Network and Sharing Center (16 items)
- Notification Area Icons (6-7 items)
Note: Laptops have a “Show or hide battery on the taskbar” - Parental Controls (1 item)
- Performance Information and Tools (4 items)
- Personalization (12 items)
- Phone and Modem (1 item)
- Power Options (7-8 items)
Note: Laptops also show “Change battery settings” - Programs and Features (8 items)
- Recovery (1 item)
- Region and Language (10 items)
- Remote App and Desktop Connections (1 item)
- Sound (4 items)
- Speech Recognition (3 items)
- Sync Center (6 items)
- System (22 items)
- Taskbar and Start Menu (10 items)
- Troubleshooting (12 items)
- User Accounts (13 items)
- Windows CardSpace (1 item)
- Windows Defender (1 item)
- Windows Firewall (2 items)
- Windows Mobile Device Center (1 item – if you have it installed)
- Windows Update ( 2 items)
Now you know why they call it ‘god mode’. 😉
I was customizing a new 
