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Google Desktop is Google's desktop search software for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000 SP3+. The program allows full text search of a user's e-mail, computer files, music, photos, chat, and Web pages viewed, and many other useful "Google Gadgets". After initially installing Desktop, the software completes a full indexing of all the files mentioned above. After the initial indexing is completed the software continues to index files as needed. Users can start searching for files immediately after installing the program. After performing searches, results are returned in an Internet browser on the Desktop Home Page much like the results for Google Web searches. Like other Desktop search programs, Desktop indexes all the user's files for efficient searching. This is unlike Windows XP's built-in search function which scans whole files instead of a list. For a better understanding, consider this analogy: If one is trying to find the title of a chapter of a book in a library, Windows XP's search will search through all the books in the library, whereas Desktop scans the card catalog – a time-saving process. Current supported file types include: * E-mail o Gmail o Lotus Notes o Outlook o Outlook Express o Netscape Mail o Mozilla Mail o Mozilla Thunderbird * Web history o Internet Explorer o Netscape / Firefox / Mozilla * Microsoft Office documents o Word o Excel o PowerPoint * Instant messenger chats o AOL Instant Messenger o Google Talk o MSN Instant Messenger o Skype * Other o PDF o Music o Video o Images o More file types available through use of plug-ins.[2]

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