It's true G o o g l e gives a lot of facilities and a lot of it is free.Among them " Google Desktop Search " is a one that I am using for about 4 months.Its really simple and very very useful on my works.I am about to describe some of its features.And for more information please click here . Quick search box - the image below is it. You just have to hit Ctrl button twice to make it visible. It shows only the useful results as same as the web search Its indexing is not a headache - indexing happens on idle time It makes a web page and really feels as searching on the web Advansed search is also possible on it. The cool thing is you can customized it as you wish by just click on Preference Personally I am using this for development and it easy to find files on large solutions.I think its better if you are also have a try on that and I have a strong feeling that its better than desktop search engines you buy for money.The main thing I see on " Google Desktop Search ...