Lifehacker: Master Google Desktop search

Lifehacker ran an interesting article yesterday on Mastering Google Desktop Search. There were some gems in the including: Google Desktop advanced search operators



Many of Google's regular advanced search operators will work for your desktop files, but there are Google Desktop-specific advanced search operators, too. Here are a few that I use on a regular basis:

  • under:: Small but powerful, this operator is. The "under:" operator puts a limit on which file folder your results can come from. So, this query: grandpa under:"C:\1_Common Folder\Wendy\Pictures" would only grab pictures titled "grandpa" in my Pictures folder.

  • Email search: With thousands of emails floating around on my machine, I especially am grateful for Google Desktop implementing such a powerful way to search emails. There are five separate email search operators: Subject:, To:, From:, Cc:, and Bcc:. Here's a sample query: subject:merger to:bill gates from:steve jobs. This would grab every email from Bill to Steve with the word "merger" in the subject line.

  • the combo platter: You can experiment with combinations on all of these search operators; for example, "chocolate chip" -cookies to:Mom, or filetype:doc under:"C:\Documents and Settings\Wendy\Desktop\movies".



I recommend the whole article.
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 4:25 PM.  
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2 Comments:

  • Hi friends,
    Can any body answer my question.
    Is there a wqy to specify multiple locations simultaneously.
    Like using several 'under:' parts and joining them together..?
    Charith

    By Anonymous, at 1:45 AM  

  • hi friends,
    is there a way to use multiple 'under:' clauses together in GDS.?
    charith

    By Anonymous, at 1:47 AM  

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