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title: "[Cool Tool] How could I miss Copernic Desktop Search?"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/9/cool-tool-how-could-i-miss-copernic-desktop-search.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/9/cool-tool-how-could-i-miss-copernic-desktop-search.html"
published: "2005-01-09T01:00:00"
updated: "2005-01-09T01:00:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "How could I miss this gem ? All this time it was there, waiting, free , and apparently just as good, if not better, than the other desktop search tools. I should spank myself. \"I've been a Copernic Desktop Search user…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# \[Cool Tool\] How could I miss Copernic Desktop Search?

By Roy Osherove January 9, 2005 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 9, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

How could I miss [this gem](http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/index.html)? All this time it was there, waiting, **free**, and apparently just as good, if not better, than the other desktop search tools. I should spank myself.

_"I've been a_ [_Copernic Desktop Search user for a few months now_](http://sirsha.com/blog/archive/2004/10/15/838.aspx) _and am still somewhat amazed and saddened that such a great product can go relatively unnoticed thanks to the popularity of companies offering products that barely bother trying to excel in the field (ahem, Google). I initially tried_ [_Copernic_](http://www.copernic.com/) _after reading a CNET review which is now outdated thanks to newer versions of the Google Desktop Search and MSN's new offering (which is MUCH better than Google's but not good enough to make me consider replacing_ [_Copernic_](http://www.copernic.com/)_)._

_Yesterday,_ [_Search Engine Watch pointed to a review that agrees_](http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050104-092449) _with my assessment."_

_\[via [Sirsha](http://sirsha.com/blog/archive/2005/01/05/915.aspx)\]_

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