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Wednesday, March 31, 2010


So everyone is talking about the new "God Mode" found in Windows 7. Is it really new to Windows 7? Is it really a hidden secret thing? Lets understand it with the help of a very simple story.
2 persons are discussing about "GodMode":
Person 1: Did you know Windows 7 contains a hidden secret "God Mode"?
Person 2: (Surprised...) Really? I didn't. Can you please let me know how to access it?
Person 1: Sure. Just create a new folder anywhere in Windows 7. You can create it on Desktop or within Windows Explorer and give it following name:
God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Voilla. Now you'll have access to all Control Panel settings page in a single place as shown in following screenshot:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows_7_Gode_Mode.png
Person 2: (Excited...) Wow. Amazing. Its too cool. But hey! I tried to use my name instead of "God Mode" while renaming the folder and its still working. So what's so special about giving it name "God Mode"?
Person 1: (Confused and looking at the front wall...) Hmmm. Guess what, you are right mate. I checked and it works for any string but the code given after the decimal point is must and should not be changed.
Person 2: Yeah. So "God Mode" has nothing to do with this special Control Panel page. I investigated and found that actually this page is called "All Tasks" and you can get more information about it from Windows Registry.
Type regedit in RUN or Startmenu Searchbox and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor. Now go to following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Or press "Ctrl+F" in Registry Editor and search for {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} string. It'll open the same key for you.
Now you can see, this key have "All Tasks" as default value.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows_7_Gode_Mode_in_Registry.png
Person 1: True mate.
Person 2: Actually this special "All Tasks" page is neither any easter egg nor any hidden secret thing. It was developed by Windows developers to show search results. Whenever you search for any term in control panel window, the "All Tasks" page is searched for the term and if any search result is found, its shown to the user.
In fact, there is no need to create a new folder to access it. You can directly access it using following command in RUN or Windows Explorer addressbar:
shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
You can also create a shortcut using following command:
explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
And its not any new thing in Windows 7. It was also present in Windows Vista.
Person 1: Says nothing and leaves the room...
PS: If you want a ready-made "Windows 7 God Mode" shortcut, download following ZIP file, extract it and run the extracted file. It'll directly launch the so called hidden secret GodMode:
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Now we are glad to announce that we have 3 FULL licenses of "Classic Start Menu" to giveaway to our readers.
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Librarian is an excellent piece of software created by our friend "Happy Bulldozer aka hb860". It allows you easily tweak Libraries in Windows 7.
It is a multi-language application which allows you to:
  • Create a new library with any folder(s) inside
  • Change library's icon through standard Windows dialog
  • Rename library
  • Change content type of new or current library
  • Change "default save location" option
  • Change "Show in Navigation Pane" option
  • Show library as XML
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Librarian.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Librarian_Settings.png
You can download it using following link:


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Stardock LogonStudio: Change Windows XP, Vista and 7 Login Screen








Stardock LogonStudio allows Windows XP, Vista and 7 users to edit, change, and apply new logon screens. LogonStudio comes built with a visual editor to make it easy to create your own logons which can then be uploaded to websites to be used by others users.
System Requirements:
  • Windows 7, Vista or XP
  • Minimum screen resolution: 1024 width and 768 height
  • 10MB free drive space
  • 512MB RAM





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As we all know Windows 7 includes a lot of new keyboard shortcuts that are unknown to a new user. Our friend Nitin Agarwal has compiled an eBook which comprises of more than 200 keyboard shortcuts containing almost all the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows 7 and its default programs like Paint, WordPad, MS Office, Calculator, Help, Media Player, Media Center, Windows Journal, InternetExplorer, etc.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/The_Complete_Windows_7_Shortcuts_eB.png
The eBook is bookmarks-ready, both in PDF and XPS format, with a fully linked content index.
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Get Good Old “Up” Button Back in Windows Vista and 7 Explorer








Almost all Windows Vista and 7 users complain about missing "Up" button in Windows Explorer toolbar. We have blogged about "Mavis Up Button" which can bring back the "Up" button but its not free, you need to pay $4.95 to purchase it.
The good news is that there is a new freeware tool which can bring the "Up" button absolutely free. The tool is "Classic Shell".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Up_Button_in_Windows_Vista_7_Explor.png
We have already blogged about it in past:
When we blogged about this tool, it only provided Classic Start menu, Classic Explorer toolbar buttons and a few other things. But now a new version is available which comes with following changes:
  • Adds "Up" button in Explorer titlebar
  • New toolbar icons to match Vista and 7
  • New skins for Classic Start menu
  • Brings back file size feature in Statusbar
You can visit following link to read more information and download this tool:





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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows%207/Windows7logo.pngWe have covered lots of Yahoo! Messenger skins in past like Y! Vista Reloaded, Y! Vista Blue and Mac OS X skin. Today we are going to share another awesome skin for Yahoo! Messenger 9 and 10 which will provide MS Office 2010 feeling in your messenger.
"Mr-Thien" @ DA has created some excellent skins for Yahoo! Messenger and one of those skins is "MS Office 2010 Skin".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Office_2010_Skin_for_Yahoo_Messenge.png
As you can see in the above image, it looks great and looks very close to Office 2010 applications.
You can download it using following link:
Extract the downloaded .7z file using 7-Zip which can be found in our Downloads section. After extracting, you'll get 2 folders:
  • OFFICE 2010 Blue
  • OFFICE 2010 Silver
Copy the 2 folders to "Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\skins" folder and then you can apply them using Yahoo! Messenger main window.
You can also check following cool skins created by the same person:







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