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    With Windows 11, Microsoft has finally redesigned the modern Settings app.

     

    The new Settings app uses a sidebar and breadcrumbs to help users easily navigate between different pages, and it also features new controls for customization, managing network, power usage, disk management, and more.

     

    The settings app has been significantly improved, but several Control Panel features are still missing.

     

    Thankfully, Windows 11 still comes with the Control Panel and File Explorer-based advanced configuration page called "God Mode" that allows you to easily access all advanced tools, features, and tasks.

     

    God-mode.jpg

    God mode

    With God mode, you can access the advanced management features in one location and it's better than the modern settings.

    Enable God Mode in Windows 11

    To access God Mode in Windows 10, create a special shortcut folder, as highlighted in the steps below:

     

    1. On the desktop, right-click anywhere.
    2. Select “New” option and click on "Folder"

      Right-click

       

    3. Right-click the new folder.
    4. Rename the folder to the following command:
      GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

      Folder

       

    5. Press enter.

     

    You can double-click on this folder to open God Mode.

     

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    God mode in Windows 11

    Once done, you will be presented with a page similar to the above screenshot. As you can see, Windows 11's God mode offers a familiar experience and it also restores the classic view of File Explorer.

     

    To improve the experience, you can also use CLSID, a unique identifier to access other settings pages directly from the desktop.

     

    For example, you can create folder with the name "{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}" to open Administrative Tools, such as the defragmentation tool, disk format options, etc.

     

    You can also try these values:

     

    • Network - {F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}
    • Bluetooth - {28803F59-3A75-4058-995F-4EE5503B023C}
    • Mouse properties - {6C8EEC18-8D75-41B2-A177-8831D59D2D50}
    • Personalization - {ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
    • Troubleshooting - {C58C4893-3BE0-4B45-ABB5-A63E4B8C8651}

     

     

    How to unlock Windows 11's God Mode to access advanced settings


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    2 hours ago, kata40 said:

    For me, only god mode works

    I checked personally Your claim about not working. I tested on Windows 11 x64 Pro version 21H2 OS Build 22000.258.
    Absolutely everything works and you can continue this line with some dozens of similar links if you want.
    The reason that they may not let them work is that, as described here above, these links are not made. This is just the wrong method and the wrong syntax. I've talked about this dozens of times, but this wrong method that has spread since the old days of Windows XP, have been still shared and recommended. You all must understand, however, that all commands and scripts must be written correctly.
    And it's not just me who is eternally evil who suggests writing correctly. I remember very well that in the case of a previous similar recommendation, there was someone else who also wrote about how is right method to make such a links. But as you can see, no one cares. This 20-year-old and faulty method is still being distributed, which is not correct even for opening the GOD Mode folder, and therefore the folder name cannot be used there. It simply disappears as soon as You restart file explorer or computer.
    This is not a regular link, but a so-called shell link and those links cannot make by this way.
    In conclusion: everything works exactly as it should and the links can be made as much as you want and for what ever You want, but they must be done correctly.

    This little thing is wort to remember until the end of life.

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    3 hours ago, Kalju said:

    I checked personally Your claim about not working. I tested on Windows 11 x64 Pro version 21H2 OS Build 22000.258.
    Absolutely everything works and you can continue this line with some dozens of similar links if you want.
    The reason that they may not let them work is that, as described here above, these links are not made. This is just the wrong method and the wrong syntax. I've talked about this dozens of times, but this wrong method that has spread since the old days of Windows XP, have been still shared and recommended. You all must understand, however, that all commands and scripts must be written correctly.
    And it's not just me who is eternally evil who suggests writing correctly. I remember very well that in the case of a previous similar recommendation, there was someone else who also wrote about how is right method to make such a links. But as you can see, no one cares. This 20-year-old and faulty method is still being distributed, which is not correct even for opening the GOD Mode folder, and therefore the folder name cannot be used there. It simply disappears as soon as You restart file explorer or computer.
    This is not a regular link, but a so-called shell link and those links cannot make by this way.
    In conclusion: everything works exactly as it should and the links can be made as much as you want and for what ever You want, but they must be done correctly.

    This little thing is wort to remember until the end of life.

    I am on last, 11x64 21H2 22000.282

    I made a folder, I put it there and nothing was formed to open the mentioned specifications!

     

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    37 minutes ago, kata40 said:

    I am on last, 11x64 21H2 22000.282

    I made a folder, I put it there and nothing was formed to open the mentioned specifications!

     

    I'm now also on 282, I just installed the latest updates, but it doesn't matter. Still all works.

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