Despite Microsoft continuously deleting and burying features in its "new" settings section, we still have the privilege of the so-called God Mode for Windows, a "super Control Panel" that in its standard version offers more than 200 options. The program Extended GodMode from WinTools is responsible for expanding the original God Mode, offering an alternative interface that includes a search engine, a favorites section, and multiple shortcuts for the advanced user.
Microsoft aims to control the "experience" of its operating systems, and the result is an increasingly rigid environment, with very important absences and regressions. Without going too far, users still cannot change the position of the taskbar in Windows 11, and must use programs like ExplorerPatcher to restore this basic function.
At the same time, many options from the classic Control Panel were transferred to the settings menu, while others were lost along the way. Fortunately, the famous Windows God Mode is still there, and all we have to do to access it is configure a basic shortcut… but there is an alternative: it is called Extended GodMode, and it definitely deserves our attention.
How to access an extended version of God Mode with Extended GodMode
The program has no formal installation process, and runs directly from any temporary folder. This "extended" version brings the number of functions to 270, but instead of investigating one by one, the most advisable thing is to make good use of its internal search. Depending on where the desired function is found in the operating system, Extended GodMode will open its classic version (e.g., activate the magnifier), or its equivalent in the settings menu (e.g., high contrast).
But the story doesn't end there. A quick visit to the Others section of the interface will allow us to access all the Control Panel entries, and other administrative tools such as the Registry Editor, System Information (msinfo32), the Run menu, Services, Event Viewer, Character Map, and more. Another of the shortcuts opens the traditional God Mode, and in the Tools submenu we find additional programs from the developer WinTools, which must be downloaded separately.
Free, portable, easy to use, works very well, and is ideal for advanced users. Extended GodMode ticks all our boxes, and we recommend downloading a copy.
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