GodMode: A feature that transforms a folder to a shortcut pointing to some windows tasks, just by appending a folder name with a period (‘.’), followed by a special string (‘{GUID}’).

It includes direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors, to name a few.

To keep them all grouped together and ‘know’ what they do with a glance, I followed this pattern-
[folder name].{GUID}
In my case, I chose ‘GodMode’ as the folder name. Once the shortcut is made, I change the name to the following format before moving on to the next God Mode- [folder name].[feature name] For e.g. with the Control Panel God Mode, I would call it something like ‘GodMode.ControlPanel’.

This is how it looks on my computer:

God Mode Folders

Here is a list of God Modes that I have found so far with a short description:

Control Panel : {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Description: A shortcut to all Control Panel functions

Location Info : {00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
Description: A shortcut to set up default location for programs to use when a location sensor, such as GPS receiver, is unavailable. On can also enter Geographic location (latitude and longitude) too.

Biometric Info : {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
Description: A shortcut showing the information of any biometric device like fingerprint reader etc, if installed.

Power Plan : {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
Description: A shortcut to select the power consumption settings for your computer.

System Tray : {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
Description: A shortcut which opens the icon and notifications settings, where you can set whether you want to show/hide icons in system tray and whether to show only notifications etc.

Windows Vault : {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
Description: A shortcut which points to Windows Vault. We can store credentials for automatic logon here.

Program Install: {15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
Description: A shortcut to install a program from the network.

Default Programs: {17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
Description: A shortcut to choose programs that Windows uses by default.

Manage Wireless: {1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
Description: A shortcut to manage wireless networks.

Manage Network: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Description: A shortcut to network computers, websites, FTP sites etc.
Remarks: This God Mode doesn’t allow us to rename the folder to anything else. It keeps changing back to ‘Network (MS)’

Manage Network: {1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
Description: A shortcut to GAC (Global Assembly Cache).
Remarks: This God Mode doesn’t change its folder icon or hide its GUID string like others. But it correctly points to the GAC on the computer.

Computer Drives: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Description: A shortcut which shows the current drives on the computer.

Printers: {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Description: A shortcut to the printers added to the computer.

Remote Connections: {241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
Description: A shortcut to manage your RemoteApp and Desktop Connections.

Windows Firewall: {4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
Description: A shortcut to setup Windows Firewall settings to prevent malicious hackers from getting access to your computer.

Computer Performance: {78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}
Description: A shortcut to get your computer’s speed and performance information.