Comments on: Google's data sync tool breaks Windows search

Google says that its hot new software that syncs Google Apps accounts with Outlook is causing issues with Microsoft's Windows desktop search and several Outlook plug-ins.

[bensobel]

Google need to better test their software, especially these plugins which can break functions the enterprise users depend on.

[techman21]

Hey, we don't want Windows Search to index these files, so we'll just turn it off...

How about excluding those files from being indexed? There's gotta be an API.

[Dalkorian]

"Google says it does it to keep them from endlessly attempting to index the sync files the special software creates. Getting those programs to stop doing that will take cooperation from the companies that make them (including Microsoft), which Google says it's working on."

If I read that right, Google is working with M$ on the problem. That would imply there is no API to exclude files from indexing, otherwise M$ might have suggested that as well.

[Goodbye Helicopter]

haha

[Maccess]

As much as I like Google's online services offerings, their downloadable software leaves much to be desired. Google Desktop search occassionally can't even tell its gadgets which version is installed, and sometimes it just stops running and can't be re-installed.

[lennie22]

so wait....the only way to get it off your copmuter after that is to actually do a re-install windows? damn that sucks....I'm glad I don't use google desktop.

[L33tLuXX0rz]

Finally! This has caused me a problem for the past several days. It wont sync my outlook anymore adn always goes into this endless cycle of trying to sync and never being able to do it!

Of course giving me an error