What is Google Desktop Search?

Google Desktop Search is software application developed by Google Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 53.16% of installations running this operating system. Google Desktop Search's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 41 files.

Google Desktop Search is most popular in the United States with 32.26% of installations residing in this country.

Google Desktop Search adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Google Desktop Search is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Google Desktop Search?

Google Desktop was a desktop search software developed by Google that enabled users to conduct text searches of their email messages, computer files, music, photos, chats, web pages, and other "Google Gadgets". The software also featured a Sidebar, which housed common Gadgets and was available for both MS Windows and GNU/Linux versions. The Sidebar could be set to Auto-Hide mode, and when minimized, new email and news could be displayed in a pop-up window above the Windows Taskbar. Additionally, Google Desktop displayed a "Quick Find" window when searching in the sidebar, deskbar, or floating deskbar, which showed the most relevant results from the user's computer and updated in real-time as the user typed. However, it is important to note that Google Desktop was discontinued and is no longer available for download.

Software Behaviors

Services:

GoogleDesktop.exe runs as a service named 'Google Desktop Manager 5.9.911.3589' (GoogleDesktopManager-110309-193829) "Updates Google Desktop with the latest security fixes, enhancements and features. This service only runs occasionally and thus does not affect your computer's performance. If this service is stopped or disabled, Google Desktop may not function correctly.".

Firewall:

GoogleDesktop.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

GoogleDesktop.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EC89B5F7-5C10-473D-B6D6-C2C7730B52B4}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

GoogleDesktop.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 13.

Registry entries:

GoogleDesktop.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GOOGLE Desktop' and executes as C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://desktop.google.com/?hl=en

Support:

https://desktop.google.com/help.html?hl=en

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\google\google desktop search

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSearchSetup.exe -uninstall

Size:

2.00 MB

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