Windows 8 is shipped with countless settings that you can tweak and customize. Most of them can be found in Control Panel and scattered through other common locations throughout Windows. While these settings can be time-consuming to search for them, and the likelihood is that you will never remember where they all live.
Well, there’s a simple trick to solve this problem: Enable the God mode. The God what?! The God mode is a hidden feature that allows you to view and make changes to any Windows Settings all in one place. Despite its name, it has nothing really to do with boosting your PC performance or getting special ‘power’ or privileges as the ‘god mode’ in video games.
Activate the God Mode
- To enable it, right-click on your desktop, select
New
>Folder
. - Rename the newly created folder with the name
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
. This is where all the magic comes from. - Tada! Your folder should now get a new icon. Double-click on it to access to your Windows settings in one location.
Within the God Mode folder, you will have access to all Windows Settings grouped into sections. You might want to Collapse/Expand all these options to easily navigate through them. ( Right-click
> Collapse all groups
)
You can also enable the God Mode on previous Windows version (including Windows 7 and Vista) by following the same steps above.