Ramblings of an old Doc
Very useful old trick
Published on January 6, 2020 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

Remember how useful God mode was?

I haven't seen how to create it in W10...until good old Tech Republic (link above) mentioned it in a simple "how to".

Just make sure you're the Administrator, right click on your desktop and create a new file. Name it:

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

 and press "Enter".

This is what you should see when you double click on the blue file:

Mine is dark mode enabled from my prior article (https://forums.wincustomize.com/498171/page/1/#3767484)

Happy administrating, and if the name of the file bothers any sensibilities, you can rename it anything you wish.


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on Jan 06, 2020

Cool stuff. Thanks for posting.

on Jan 06, 2020


right click on your desktop and create a new file
That is wrong. Not file, but folder.

on Jan 06, 2020

Yrgal

That is wrong. Not file, but folder.

That'll be semantics.  Folders are put into filing cabinets....files are put into filing cabinets....ends up being the same thing ... Spell checker 

on Jan 06, 2020


That'll be semantics.
Yes it is, Paul, but you know, even better than me, that a lot of the visitors here are not so picky about semantics.  

on Jan 06, 2020

Actually files are put in folders and folders are put in filing cabinets.   

on Jan 07, 2020

ALMonty

Actually files are put in folders and folders are put in filing cabinets.   

Yup, and filing cabinets are usually put in offices.... though one time I saw a filing cabinet about 20 foot up a tree.  I think it was deposited there during the 1974 floods that covered much of SE Queensland to varying depths.  There were suburbs suddenly transformed into lakes and rooftops disappeared.

on Jan 07, 2020

Actually, this was an interesting post that many appreciate DrJBHL taking the time to post.

on Jan 07, 2020

I found out about this when Win 8 came out. I've been using it ever since, I didn't post anything about it feeling no one would care.

on Jan 07, 2020

Oh yea! Had this back in the XP or WIN 7 days -- forgot about it -- MUST HAVE file

on Jan 07, 2020

Hankers

Actually, this was an interesting post that many appreciate DrJBHL taking the time to post.
Actually, I do appreciate Doc posting this, but I did have to visit the external link to find that it should be a folder and not a shortcut/file/etc.

 

Thanks Seth!

on Jan 07, 2020

Doc, I did this, and got the dark mode thing from your other post, yet my God Mode still doesn't go dark like yours.  Just saying.

on Jan 07, 2020

Just loaded it into 7 ..... had forgotten it also....

on Jan 08, 2020

RedneckDude

Doc, I did this, and got the dark mode thing from your other post, yet my God Mode still doesn't go dark like yours.  Just saying.

The screenshot is of Windows Explorer, basically, in dark mode. Not every app takes dark mode. My DOpus doesn't, for example. My browsers do, but Edge doesn't.

What version of W10 are you using, and does the dark mode work on everything else?

on Jan 08, 2020

DrJBHL

What version of W10 are you using, and does the dark mode work on everything else?
I am using the most recent version of Windows 10, not a preview.  Dark mode doesn't work on everything, never has.

 

Oh swell.

on Jan 09, 2020

RedneckDude


Quoting DrJBHL,

What version of W10 are you using, and does the dark mode work on everything else?

I am using the most recent version of Windows 10, not a preview.  Dark mode doesn't work on everything, never has.

 

Oh swell.

 

Nothing skins every app, Jim.

Depends on how they're coded.

If (and I'm not recommending this) you really, really, really insist on everything being "dark", you can try what's in this article, but stay away from the Ux stuff as it might well void your OS warranty.

 

Also, before doing stuff, create a restore point.  😉

 

https://troubleshooter.xyz/wiki/enable-dark-theme-for-every-application-in-windows-10/

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