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Few days before one of my colleague twitted a link about GodMode in Windows 7. I just visited the link and I found it is kind of Easter egg from Microsoft, which gives a list of Program tasks like control panel. The website is also mentioned like it is also available in Windows Vista, but Microsoft is not recommended it in x64 machines. As I am working as part of some Windows application development team, I am using Windows Vista as my dev OS. So I thought of exploring God Mode in Windows Vista.

To enable GodMode, just right click, Select New, Select Folder. Then type “GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}“. Now the Icon will change, and it will become similar to control panel Icon. And on double clicking you can able to see lot of options (in my Windows 7 machine it is giving 279 items). I just created one folder and renamed it. Wow the Icon changed.

Godmode in Window 7

After that I double clicked it. Windows Explorer crashed I was using x86 machine, and my Explorer crashed. But I started explorer again using Task Manager. Then I right clicked and select the Explore option. Yes there is an explore option available in Windows Vista, but it is not available in Windows 7. Then the explorer crashed again expected. So I thought I will stop exploring God Mode in Windows Vista, but the sad thing is when ever I start explorer using Task Manager, it is crashing.

Then I searched about how to fix this issue, but no one is reported the problem with x86 machines. Based on most of the solutions provided, I deleted this folder using Command line(cmd.exe). Restarted, still the problem exists. Then again I searched, later I found a solution to delete some registry key. I tried it, restarted it and it worked.

Solutions to Fix God mode problems in Windows Vista

1. Delete the God mode directory using CMD tool. Go to the location where you created the God Mode directory, use RmDir Godmode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} to delete it. Restart the machine. Normally it will fix the issue.
2. If your explorer still crashing, Open RegEdit, Search for {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. And delete all instances *. I found only one instance in my Windows Vista machine. Restart. It fix the issue.

Thanks to Jayan for giving me link to GodMode

* Changes made to the Windows registry happen immediately, and no backup is automatically made. Do not edit the Windows registry unless you are confident about doing so.