Portable Google Desktop Search index
I have a huge number of documents and articles indexed using Google Desktop
I sync these data constantly to my USB flash drive
I mount my USB flash drive on my other PC (slow with limited storage) so that these documents appear at the same path as it was seen o...
Do we need Google Desktop in Windows 7 or does Windows have a decent search now?
I had been using Google Desktop on my Windows XP machines for quickly finding files and emails locally.
Now I just upgraded to Windows 7. Before I go ahead and download Google Desktop, I wanted to know if the new OS version has any built-in tool for the same job. Any ideas?&#...
Google Desktop sidebar replacement?
I'm trying desperately to find a possible replacement to the dockable sidebar in Google Desktop.
I've fallen in love with having my widescreen-estate able to "HUD" me to things like my weather, news, mail, and even the random images.
Problem is that I want more th...
Ubuntu 10.04 has broken google desktop ctrl ctrl search bar feature
Before I upgraded to ubuntu 10.04, when I pressed Ctrl twice, a search bar popped up that allowed me to google desktop search my system. This no longer works and I miss that feature. Can I get it back, somehow?
A complete uninstall/restart/reinstall has not fixed this issue.&#...
How to get Google Desktop to index searchable pdf's
I've got a scanner that converts documents to pdfs. The pdf that gets produced is searchable. However when google desktop indexes the file it doesn't appear to be indexing any of the contents of the pdf (although it is indexing the content of other pdfs on the computer). I believe Google Deskt...
Where does Google Desktop store a gadget that it downloaded?
I dled a gadget, "ToDo List". I want to look at its source code and such. I looked in this folder:
D:\Documents and Settings\Laxori\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Desktop\a024e0db31ec\downloaded_gadgets
and this one:
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Trying to find a text file on my desktop with google desktop.
I have a file named "job numbers.txt" that I would like to be able to access via google desktop, however google desktop does not find it.
I have my desktop explicitly defined in google desktop's search locations. The file is only 106 bytes, I'm wondering if maybe because it's so s...
Google desktop not indexing new emails
About a month ago, Google Desktop stopped indexing my outlook emails. The service is still running. I run an update with the Google updater. But there is no change. Any search I run will only return emails going back from about a month ago.
What should I do to get it indexing agai...
Has anyone found a Google gadget for google desktop that shows top process usage.
I want something like this Vista gadget: TopProcess to put in my google desktop sidebar
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Quick Search Box doesn't get keyboard focus in Google Desktop
I use Google Desktop as an application launcher. Sometimes Quick Search Box doesn't get keyboard focus.
Repro:
Start cmd.exe
Press Ctrl Ctrl, Quick Search Box will appear.
Type blah
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