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Sponsored By. About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. About Newsletter. Hosting By. Share on Twitter or Facebook or use the Permalink. December 27, This is so funny that you posted this today because just this morning I was looking for how to do this and I couldn't find anything so I did just what you didn't want to do, uninstall.
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When you install Google Desktop 5. If you don't need the sidebar with gadgets, disable the option from Google Desktop's setup wizard. To enable the indexing of your files, right click on the system tray icon, select "Options" and click on the check box next to "Enable Enhanced Content Indexing". If you use Outlook or other email clients and you don't want to index the email messages from your computer, disable the "email" options.
Google Desktop can also search Microsoft Outlook's Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Journal, and Notes, so disable these search types if you're satisfied with Outlook's search options.
Since Google Desktop tries to index files from your entire hard disk, it's important to exclude the folders that don't contain useful files for a desktop search engine. You can also disable other extensions that aren't associated with useful content: bak, chk, old, gid, prv, wbk, dll. By default, Google performs a desktop search every time you search the web and it displays some results from your computer in an OneBox , above the web search results.
If you want faster Google searches, less computer resources used to search your desktop and less embarrassing moments when someone else temporarily uses your computer, you can disable the integration. To disable the taskbar and show the search box by pressing Ctrl twice, select "None" for the "Display Mode". You can also disable the gadgets button if you don't use the sidebar. Google downloads and automatically updates a database of URLs that are used for phishing or for distributing malware and shows you a warning when you visit one of these web pages.
If you use other security software or your browser has anti-phishing protection, you can disable this option. Google Desktop will only index files when your computer is idle. This initial indexing process occurs only when your computer is idle, so you may want to leave your computer on for an evening or two after you install Google Desktop," explains Google's help center.
If you already have Google Desktop, excluding folders and file extensions will not remove entries from the index, so the best way to clean your index is to delete it and rebuild it. Labels: Google Desktop , Tips. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks.
It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google. You can also configure certain gadgets to back up your gadget content and settings on Google Desktop's servers to protect your information. Saving your information in this manner also allows you to access it from your other computers by logging into your Google Account with Google Desktop. For instance, you can now 'synch' the To Do list on both your laptop and your desktop. This feature will allow you to search your home computer from your work computer, for example.
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