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$safe_mode variable is always set to TRUE in adm/index.php (fix completed in vcs)
I then read through the code and found out that the $safe_mode variable defindes in adm/index.php on line 48 gets always set to TRUE.
$safe_mode = (@ini_get('safe_mode') || @strtolower(ini_get('safe_mode')) == 'on') ? true : false;
ini_get('safe_mode') returns the string 'off' (in my case, which will result in the boolean value TRUE for the string is not empty. TRUE || anything is TRUE.. so $safe_mode will always be true, wether safe_mode is actually on or off.