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Google Desktop

The power of Google on your desktop. Hit ctrl twice and you are ready for a full Google search of you hard drive and networked drives you may have. Indispensable if you need to find files quickly... the price doesn't hurt either!

Brings the power of Google`s search capabilities to your local computer

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Application type

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac  On April 2007, Google released Desktop 1.0 for Mac OS X. Version 1.6 did not work under Snow Leopard.
  • Windows
  • Linux
Discontinued

Google Desktop was officially discontinued on September 14, 2011

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Features

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  1.  File Search
  2.  Sidebar
  3.  Widgets
  4.  Indexed search
  5.  Network Scanner

 Tags

  • network-search
  • lan-search
  • gadgets

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Google Desktop information

  • Developed by

    US flagGoogle
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    18 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Google Desktop, and it has gotten 66 likes

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jdopen
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Hello, This could have been a great freeware if it didn't have some stupid limits (like don't search in all documents lenght!). I hope Google improves it. ;)

What is Google Desktop?

The power of Google on your desktop. Hit ctrl twice and you are ready for a full Google search of you hard drive and networked drives you may have. Indispensable if you need to find files quickly... the price doesn't hurt either!

As of September 14, Google Desktop will no longer be available for download, and existing installations will not be updated to include new features or fixes.