Windows Explorer IDs name

Question

I am wondering what the string at the end of

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

is called ({ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}). I want to call it some sort of uuid, but I am not sure. And how do I get these "uuids" from say a control panel screen or My Computer. I know the "uuid" for My Computer is {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} and the one for Libraries is {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}.

Answer 1

It's a "CLSID" – an UUID used by Windows to identify a specific "class" in the Windows component object model (COM).

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc144096(v=vs.85).aspx
• https://code.google.com/p/libfwsi/wiki/ShellFolderIdentifiers