Super Secret God Mode

For those computer alpha males and females who want total control of their Windows 7, Microsoft has created the super secret “God Mode”.

God Mode brings together in one folder all of Windows 7's control features to include all Control Panel functions, interface customization and accessibility options.

To create a God Mode folder:
1. Right click on your desktop and choose New > Folder.
2. Right click on the new folder and left click on rename.
3. Rename the folder by typing in or copying and pasting the following in its entirety “exactly” as it appears.

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

That’s all there is to it. You now have a folder with a Control Panel icon that has in the neighborhood of 300 Control Panel functions.

And here’s a bit of Windows 7 tweaking trickery.

I’m sure anyone who has experienced the evolution of the Windows Taskbar will agree that the ability to pin programs, folders and files to the Windows 7 Taskbar is one of the most useful Windows 7 features.

However many Good Booters have asked me - why Windows 7 will not let them pin hard and external drive shortcuts to their taskbar?

Well know you can but it involves a bit of tweaking trickery.

1. Right click on your desktop and choose New > Text Document.
2. Rename the Text Document to the name of the hard or external drive you want to Pin as a shortcut to your Taskbar.
3. Change the file extension from .txt to .exe.

For example: Right click on the new Text Document.txt icon and rename it Drive C.exe.

4. Drag and Pin the Drive C.exe icon to your taskbar.
5. Right Click on the Drive C.exe icon and right click on the drives name “C” that pops up.
6. Left click on Properties
7. Click on change icon.

Note: You may get an error message such as “Contains no icons. Choose an icon from the list or specify a different file”. Disregard the message and click OK.

8. Select an appropriate icon from the Change Icon Window or from you personal icon library.
9. Click OK.
10. You should now be back at the Properties window. Change the Target line from “C:\Users\Your user name\Desktop\Drive C.exe to simply C:\.
11. Click OK.

You should now be able to access your C: drive from your Taskbar.

Note: If you wish, you can delete that .exe file you created on your desktop.

Here’s wishing you a Good Boot.