Google Desktop

Status: Installed

The Google Desktop allows you to search and find find your email, files, media, web history and chats. You can also view web pages that are stored in your cache.

A number of plugins are available to allow you to search other types of files.

Installed Plugins:

• Larry’s Any Text File Indexer - “Search any text-based files on your computer.”
  • Must reinstall to modify the list of files that are indexed
  • Reinstall looses all changes to the configuration file
  • Program directory: ‘C:\Program Files\Larry’s GDS Plugins\Larry’s Any Text File Indexer’
  • I added the following extentions:

# PHP
AddNewExtension "php"
# JAVA
AddNewExtension "java"
# AutoIt
AddNewExtension "aut"
AddNewExtension "au3"
# Pegasus Messages
AddNewExtension "CNM"

Plugins To Check Out:

• DNKA looks pretty interesting. It appears it will let you use the index on anyone else’s machine. I could see this as being useful at the office to enforce and verify computer usage.
  > It acts as a web server (search server) by interacting as a layer between Google Desktop Search (GDS) and user. And allow other users to search, view and download your files, emails, chats and web history.