Google Desktop vs SearchMyFiles

Google Desktop

Description: Google Desktop was a desktop search application created by Google that allowed users to search the content of their computers. It indexed emails, documents, music, photos, chat logs, and web pages viewed on the computer.

Type: software

SearchMyFiles

Description: SearchMyFiles is a file search utility for Windows that allows you to quickly find files and folders on your computer or network drives. It has an intuitive interface and advanced search features like regex and wildcards.

Type: software

Google Desktop Features

• Desktop search
• Indexing of emails, documents, music, photos, chat logs and web pages
• Quick searching across local files
• Integrated with Google web search
• Toolbar for quick access
• Email notification on new results

SearchMyFiles Features

• Fast file search
• Search by file name/type/date
• Regex and wildcard support
• Search network drives
• Filter by file size/date
• Preview files
• Save frequent searches