Recovering files using Google Desktop's Search Desktop feature

If you have correctly set up and enabled support for Google Desktop, you can search recovery points to located and recover files using Google Desktop.

See Enabling search engine support.

To recover files using Google Desktop's Search Desktop feature

  1. Start Google Desktop.

  2. Enter the name (or part of the name) of a file you want to recover, and then click Search Desktop.

  3. Click the search result that contains the file you want to recover.

  4. When the file opens in the associated application, click File > Save As to save the recovered file.

    You can also right-click the search result and click Open to open the recovery point in the Recovery Point Browser.

    See Opening and restoring files within a recovery point.