Yes, and it isn't actually "God Mode" (there's no special privileges). It is just a master control panel folder. You name the folder with whatever you put preceding the dot.
Please stop calling it "God Mode." It is simply called "All Tasks" in Windows and is used by Control Panel's explorer search box to provide results about various Control Panel features, it provides absolutely no, zero, nill functionality which cannot be accessed from Control Panel itself (in particular the search box/results).
You can access any Control Panel applet via the same method (just need to know the corresponding GUID). Just search in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for "System.ControlPanel.Category" and then note the GUID, then use the same method set out in this article to create a shortcut to it. Nothing mysterious or special.
Honestly this is the least interesting Windows tip/trick, and calling it "God Mode" is laughable. If you want a "trick" that is legitimately useful, holding shift when right clicking presents hidden additional options tons of places in Windows Explorer (e.g. in a folder, on a file, on special icons, on the desktop, etc).
Also:
- Win+Arrow Keys allows you to resize and move windows.
- Right clicking on the start menu orb in 8/8.1/10 brings up the Power User menu
- Windows still supports short folder names so things like C:\PROGRA~1 still work
- Windows supports long filenames via the \\?\ syntax so \\?\C:\Windows is legal
- You can use \\.\ to access Windows' true root rather than the drive root (Windows stores object at the root, the filesystem is mounted above root). If you know the device ID you can access the filesystem via this method (although it is not recommended).
- Everything in GPEDIT.MSC is very powerful if you're on a non-home version of Windows.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 27.9 ms ] threadYou can access any Control Panel applet via the same method (just need to know the corresponding GUID). Just search in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for "System.ControlPanel.Category" and then note the GUID, then use the same method set out in this article to create a shortcut to it. Nothing mysterious or special.
Honestly this is the least interesting Windows tip/trick, and calling it "God Mode" is laughable. If you want a "trick" that is legitimately useful, holding shift when right clicking presents hidden additional options tons of places in Windows Explorer (e.g. in a folder, on a file, on special icons, on the desktop, etc).
Also:
- Win+Arrow Keys allows you to resize and move windows.
- Right clicking on the start menu orb in 8/8.1/10 brings up the Power User menu
- Windows still supports short folder names so things like C:\PROGRA~1 still work
- Windows supports long filenames via the \\?\ syntax so \\?\C:\Windows is legal
- You can use \\.\ to access Windows' true root rather than the drive root (Windows stores object at the root, the filesystem is mounted above root). If you know the device ID you can access the filesystem via this method (although it is not recommended).
- Everything in GPEDIT.MSC is very powerful if you're on a non-home version of Windows.
- netplwiz for automatic login (not recommended)
- PSR (problem steps recorder) is really cool.