I stumbled upon this yesterday whilst looking for something completely different...

In windows 7 and vista you can activate a hidden 'god mode' which creates a desktop control panel giving you direct access to many useful features.

To activate this feature, create a new folder on your desktop and rename it to:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

The folder icon will then change to this

Double click on the icon and then you'll be presented with your windows 'master panel'

This has been tested on windows 7 and vista 32-bit, apparently it cas cause the system to crash on vista 64-bit so be careful.

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