One folder that lists every control panel applet and settings page in a single scrolling window. It is a naming trick, not a tool.
Create a folder named **GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}** and open it. The suffix is what Windows reads; the prefix is the label you see.
Right-click the desktop, create a new folder, and rename it with the full string including the dot and the braces. The icon changes to a control panel the moment the name is accepted.
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}The GUID in braces tells Explorer to render a special shell folder. Everything before the dot is a display name you can change freely.
A desktop folder fills with icons. Pin the folder to the taskbar through its context menu, or add it to the Start menu folder so it appears in the app list.
%APPDATA%\icrosoft\indows\tart Menu\rogramsThe folder holds shortcuts with descriptive names, so Explorer's own search is faster than guessing which Settings page hides a switch.
Some applets moved into the Settings app and no longer appear here. The folder lists what still exists in the control panel layer, which is most of the classic tools.
The value is discovery. Once you know that a setting lives in Power Options, pinning that page is faster than opening the full list every time.
The name is wrong. Copy the string exactly, including the braces, and recreate the folder.
A sync tool or a policy. Create it outside OneDrive.
The GUID is not recognised. Check the case of the hex letters and that the braces are straight, not curly.
The applet was removed in a feature update. Use the Settings app instead.
No. It is a shell namespace the system already knows; the folder is just a view of it.
Yes, with more entries than on 11.
Delete the folder. It contains shortcuts only, and removing it changes no setting.
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