The googledesktop.exe file is a program that runs Google Desktop, which is part of Google Internet tools. The application is also a plug-in for Digg. It serves as a search tool for users so they can retrieve all their documents from the computer and from the Web. The Search Box can be prompted to pop out on the desktop by pressing Ctrl twice; and pressing the same key twice once more will hide the Search Box. Problems encountered by some users were related to OS support, where googledesktop.exe was not compatible with the lower version of Windows installed on the computer. The problem showed up after updating Google Desktop. There were also issues with Google Desktop showing up on the Task Manager several times in a row, when in fact, the program was not being used. The culprit was found to be googledesktop.exe having a hard time indexing files that were corrupt or broken.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. googledesktop.exe. is used by Google Internet Tools, If you shut down googledesktop.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop googledesktop.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Google Internet Tools, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed googledesktop.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Google Internet Tools, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if googledesktop.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that googledesktop.exe, belongs to, in this case Google Internet Tools