For frequently used applications, I have shortcuts (that get indexed by Launchy) and/or aliases set up in SlickRun, which are both fantastic little productivity enhancers.
When it comes to infrequently-used programs, however, I don't have shortcuts to them so I prefer to just use Google Desktop to search for the filename and click the first hit [essentially, I want to use Google Desktop as the 'locate' command under unix]. Sometimes though, it doesn't find what I'm looking for, even though IT'S RIGHT FRACKING THERE ON THE DRIVE:
![CropperCapture[234]](http://lh3.ggpht.com/jpdaigle/SDss6Yv6cEI/AAAAAAAAAgs/62qCmTdTOYU/CropperCapture%5B234%5D%5B8%5D.png)
You might start thinking: "Aha, it just doesn't index filenames in .exe" (even though that would be awfully inconvenient), but that wouldn't be true either:
![CropperCapture[235]](http://lh6.ggpht.com/jpdaigle/SDss7Iv6cGI/AAAAAAAAAg8/graMrmB9w54/CropperCapture%5B235%5D%5B4%5D.png)
Sigh.
My tech isn't working the way I want it to tonight. When will I start winning?
3 comments:
my Google desktop search is not searching pdf files, however it is included in the settings...
help me.....
Well, yours is a common enough problem that there's a whole page in the Google Desktop support site on PDF files missing from the index:
link here
They list a few things to try. In my case, there's nothing specifically about executables in there, and I've checked the general stuff, so I still don't know what to do.
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