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The 5th most popular system tool on the Web

Google Desktop makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail, web pages that you've viewed, and more. By making your computer searchable, Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. you can have access to any program or any file by few taps on your keyboard that begins with CTRL+CTRL.
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  • iSoheil fanatic

    Too powerful but I don`t love to use it

  • Juliopp expert
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    Soo cool.
    It has a lot more of features than windows 7 search, and it´s faster and (for me) has a much better interface)

  • senseiz expert
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    I never understood the point. Why waste system resources on something that Window's INDEXING already does.

    This is only good if you have XP. Vista and 7 machines do NOT need Google Desktop.

  • s0peil expert
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    Cool Desktop App

  • Goilio expert
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    A nice toolbar to have.

  • nipperino1 devotee
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    good

  • lopdetron expert

    One of the reasons I use Google desktop is that Copernic does not have a version for Linux and it has some more options that Copernic can't do. Another is that I need something that will search Thunderbird.

  • uzzy fanatic
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    I have google desktop on my pc and i think its great. Got everything there in 1 bar :)

  • xtream13 expert
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    Good app. ,,, sometimes it's really useful :D

  • Matt Rider overlord
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    doesn't wan't to work on window 7 64biit

  • oposumo fanatic

    I like it. But it not search in iptc-data and in fb2-files :(

  • lodi fanatic
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    Really nice for finding e-mails and documents. Don't use other options.

  • Mortuus devotee

    It's a really nice app for desktop

  • yasget expert
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    it is no more interesting for me from when i use windows vista Google also restricted many its features in Iran for example you can't download gadgets with Iran ip

  • payamspot expert
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    Really cool.

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Website: desktop.google.com
Developer: Google Inc.
License: Free
Version: 5.9.911.3589
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Usage: 6 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes and 43 seconds
Usage since: 21 April 2007
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Rank: #587