What is Google Desktop?

Google Desktop is software application developed by Google Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 53.94% of installations running this operating system. Google Desktop's installer is typically 20.00 MB in size and installs around 100 files. The most common release is 5.9.1005.12335 with 69.10% of all installations currently using this version.

Google Desktop is most popular in the United States with 57.95% of installations residing in this country.

Google Desktop adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Google Desktop is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Google Desktop?

Google Desktop is a professional desktop search application that enables users to conduct text searches across various types of data, including emails, computer files, music, photos, chats, web pages, and other "Google Gadgets". Upon installation, the software completes an initial indexing of all files on the computer, and automatically continues to index files as needed. Users can immediately begin searching for files after installing the program, with results conveniently displayed in a web browser on the Google Desktop Home Page. The software can index a wide range of data, including email, web browsing history from Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, office documents in OpenDocument and Microsoft Office formats, instant messenger transcripts from AOL, Google, MSN, Skype, Tencent QQ, and various multimedia file types.

Software Behaviors

Services:

GoogleDesktop.exe runs as a service named 'Google Desktop Manager 5.1.709.19590' (GoogleDesktopManager-091907-194040).
GoogleDesktopManager.exe runs as a service named 'GoogleDesktopManager' (GoogleDesktopManager).

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).
pdftotext.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DFD709B0-F545-4D9D-8444-E4DC2289983E}' (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=ru

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\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe -uninstall

Size:

20.00 MB

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