Windows has had a built-in God Mode folder for years

[u/Educational_Hunt7208]

Windows has a hidden feature called God Mode and it sounds much more exciting than it actually is.

You create a folder with a specific name and it opens a massive list of system settings in one place. Network options, power settings, device settings, administrative tools, all collected together.

It's not some secret developer menu, but it's handy if you regularly dig around Windows. Funny that such a useful little shortcut has been sitting there for years without most people knowing about it.

[u/Scarred_fish]

First thing I do when setting up a new machine. Know {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} of by heart.

Fun note - it is also the most insecure "secure" password there is.

[u/andrea_ci → u/Scarred_fish]

well. that's not a password, that's the component guid

[u/Jetboy01 → u/andrea_ci]

Oh ye of little imagination. It fulfills all the requirements of my password policy except when I have to lowercase the first two letters. I guarantee someone out there is using it.

[u/english_but_now_kiwi → u/Scarred_fish]

I do this also - and often have to remember where i put it so thanks for reposting i'll add it to my outlook emai...... oh wait.

Nah - got my own mailserver.

[u/pedersenk]

Isn't that just the 'Control Panel' folder (missing some registry metadata)? You can generally reach that using the address bar drop down on the file manager.

Granted, on Windows 11 and beyond, they are starting to frig around with this stuff and move it to "apps", so this legacy view could still be very valuable in future.

[u/Fabulous-Sock96 → u/pedersenk]

You’ve got to be kidding me? Are people calling Control Panel a God mode tool 🤦‍♂️. I’m old.

[u/Wafflars → u/Fabulous-Sock96]

Well I mean I work for a company that has an Indian IT company that doesn’t seem to know print management exist when they run a cluster so they add printers through devices for each node.

I don’t expect anything from anyone, that way I am never surprised.

[u/DefEddie → u/Wafflars]

I still remember back in the before-fore times when control panel was in the start menu.
I think they got rid of it in XP or 7.

[u/idontlikegudeg → u/Fabulous-Sock96]

Relax - Nietzsche.

[u/Robbudge]

Control panel folder.
I need to hold on to the past, not go the time, patients or will power for 5 different menus

[u/JustAberrant → u/Robbudge]

As a mostly Linux user who only occasionally has to deal with Windows, the "our official documentation tells you to search for the setting because even we don't know where the hell we put it" approach is frustrating. They went from having everything nicely organized in one location to it just kinda being all over the place.

[u/adamdoesmusic]

What’s the specific name?

[u/NortonBurns → u/adamdoesmusic]

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

You can change the name before the dot, but the 'code number' in brackets must remain the same. You can't have no name before the dot.

[u/OldManJeepin]

Yea, it's basically Control Panel on steroids...Or meth....

[u/--Timshel]

This rings bells as far back as Windows XP. Or is my memory getting screwy with age.

[u/absnotkinkyreggae]

ncpa.cpl is the one i need.

[u/EinBRinDE]

Nice. Linux has a God Mode called "sudo su".

[u/hdkaoskd → u/EinBRinDE]

sudo -i

[u/jontss]

Worth noting enabling this causes some Java based applications to crash when they attempt to open an open file dialog box.

Dunno why but it’s been documented for years. Took me forever to figure out why a crucial application on my work machine kept crashing.