Saturday, 18 December 2010

God mode... the windows 7 super control panel.

Part of windows 7is the new, supposedly improved, control panel. With all the items organised into different categories, it can sometimes be difficult to find that feature you're looking for; yes, you can just click the category button and select iether large or small icons, but another feature, 'god mode', makes life so much easier.

Think of god mode as your "super control panel". GOd mode allows you to create a folder, give it a name, and when this folder is opened shortcuts are automatically provided to change almost all the settings available in the windows 7 control panel. The difference? They're all grouped together, in an easy to locate format, much like drives are grouped in the 'computer' folder, or folders in a library.

TO try out god mode:
Locate and open the folder where you want to create your god mode icon. Create a new folder by clicking file>new>folder or click the folder icon in the toolbar. Name the folder to:
ControlPanel.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Note: you can change the words "ControlPanel" but make sure to keep the end the same or this will not work. Also make sure you don't remove the brackets or the dot.
That's it; when you open your newly created folder, you should see a huge number of control panel options.

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