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 09, 2020

Nah, thanks, Doc.   I just can't figure out why your God Mode is dark and mine isn't.  No biggie.  Most everything I use is dark via Windows 10, and the Dark Mode browser extension.

DrJBHL

The screenshot is of Windows Explorer, basically, in dark mode.
It appears that you may not be running a windowblind.  If so, that would likely be the difference between your result and mine.

on Jan 09, 2020

I just tested my theory, Doc, and I was correct.

 

If I have dark mode chosen, and not running a windowblind skin, then my dark mode looks like your. Nice and dark.

 

But life without windowblinds is worse than life without dark mode.

on Jan 09, 2020

RedneckDude

Nah, thanks, Doc.   I just can't figure out why your God Mode is dark and mine isn't.  No biggie.  Most everything I use is dark via Windows 10, and the Dark Mode browser extension.

Quoting DrJBHL,

The screenshot is of Windows Explorer, basically, in dark mode.

It appears that you may not be running a windowblind.  If so, that would likely be the difference between your result and mine.

Possible. We might not have identical versions of Windows...although less likely.

on Jan 09, 2020

I killed windowblinds and got mine dark too.

on Jan 10, 2020

I killed windowblinds and got mine dark too.

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