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Windows Windows 10
What Is the "God Mode" Folder in Windows 10,
and How Do I Enable It?
MARSHALL GUNNELL @bacon_ gritz
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JAN 24, 2019, 10:24 AM EDT | 2 MIN READ
Windows
What if Windows let you quickly access administrative tools, backup
and restore options and other important management settings from
a single window? If that sounds good, look no further than the so-
called "God Mode."
What Is God Mode?
No, God Mode doesn't unlock any extra secret features in Windows
or let you do any tweaking that you can't do in the regular Windows
interface. Instead, it's simply a special folder you can enable that
exposes most of Windows’ admin, management, settings, and
Control Panel tools in a single, easy-to-scroll-through interface.
And yes, you can also find a lot of this stuff by searching the Start
menu, but to do that, you kind of need to know what you're looking
for begin with. The God Mode folder offers an easier way to browse
through 206 of these tools and get to know them.
By the way, "God Mode" is just a popular name some people give this
special folder. You can name the folder anything you like-including
How-To Geek Mode, for example.
Here are the categories of tools you'll find in God Mode:
Administrative Tools
AutoPlay
Backup and Restore
Color Management
Credential Manager
Date and Time
Devices and Printers
Ease of Access Center
File Explorer Options
File History
Fonts
Indexing Options
Infrared
Internet Options
Keyboard
Mouse
Network and Sharing Center
Pen and Touch
Phone and Modem
Power Options
Programs and Features
Region
RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
Security and Maintenance
Sound
Speech Recognition
Storage Spaces
Sync Center
System
Tablet PC Settings
Taskbar and Navigation
Troubleshooting
User Accounts
Windows Defender Firewall
Windows Mobility Center
Work Folders
Each of these categories contains any number of tools and might
even be divided into further subcategories, meaning that you’re likely
to find nearly anything you’re looking for.
Enabling God Mode in Windows 10
To make this work, you must be using an account with administrative
privileges. Go to your desktop and create a new folder by right-
clicking any open area, pointing to "New" on the context menu, and
then clicking the "Folder " command.
Folder
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The new folder icon will appear.
Now, rename the folder to the following:
.
GodMode { ED7 BA 470 - 8 E 54 - 465 E - 825 C - 99712043 E 01C }
To use a name other than GodMode, just replace "GodMode" in the
above text with whatever you want to name the folder. The
characters that follow (including the period) must remain exactly as
listed above. If you remove "GodMode” without adding any text in its
place, you'll receive the following error.
Rename X
Vou must type a file name.
Once you've properly renamed the folder, you’ll notice the folder icon
change to a control panel icon.
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Double-click the icon to open the newly-created God Mode. The
major categories are organized alphabetically and so are the more
than 200 settings you’ll find within those categories.
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H Documents
Diagnose your computer's memory problems
OneDrive
£] Edit group policy
o Apps Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files
o Attachments Manage computer certificates
Desktop £] Schedule tasks
Set up iSCSI initiator
H Documents
® How To Geek £l Set up ODBC data sources (32-bit)
Office Live Docu
& Set up ODBC data sources (64-bit)
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View event logs
pl Pictures
View local services
OR Public
Auto Play (3)
© Videos
v Backup and Restore (Windows 7) (2)
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While it’s certainly handy for getting to know the official names of all
the Windows tools, you’ll probably find (like we did) that it’s faster to
search for them through the Start menu. Still, the God Mode folder
offers a handy introduction to all the tools available and a great way
to search for things when you’re not quite sure what they’re named.
MARSHALL GUNNELL
Marshall is a writer with experience in the data
storage industry. He worked at Synology, and most
recently as CMO and technical staff writer at
StorageReview. He's currently an API/ Software
Technical Writer based in Tokyo, Japan, runs VGKAMI
and ITEnterpriser, and spends what little free time he has learning
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