Search From Desktop

This free open source program for Windows opens a Google search bar from the desktop when Left Ctrl is pressed 3 times fast.

Last updated 2020-09-23.

!!!If there is an other version installed already: don't forget to exit it and then uninstall it before installing a different version!!!

To download latest version (V8) click: here. (0.9 MB)

To download source code of latest version in C Sharp programming language click: here. (1.3 MB)

Pressing Escape minimizes the window.

Entering a link in the textbox opens the link and not search.

pressing Left Ctrl 3 times fast again selects input on the text box.

Pressing Enter on program opens the default browser searching for text in the text-box.

If Ctrl key is down when pressing enter on Google Web search or Ctrl is down wehen double clicking the term, the first result of Google web search is opened (I'm-feeling-lucky feature).

The user chooses to search in one:

- Google web.

- Google Images.

- Google videos.

- Google News.

- Google maps.

- ThePirateBay.org

- YouTube, with autocomplete of YouTube when it's chosen.

There are buttons that open in default browser:

- Facebook

- Outlook

- Gmail

- Reddit

- Twitter

- CNN video

- Google Calendar

- Instagram

- Amazon

- Ebay

- AliExpress

- Wikipedia

- Yahoo

- Bing

- LinkedIn

If the program doesn't install in Windows 7, check for system updates of Windows 7.

If the program doesn't install, try logging off the Windows user and logging on again.

In case of uninstalling the program, remove the checkmark from the checkbox of "Start on user startup." so it doesn't appear in Task Manager's startup programs list.

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