winSsearch – Windows key + S runs instant web search from anywhere in Windows

winSsearch is a tiny Windows utility for instant web searches. It automatically copies the highlighted text in the current window, switches to your browser and does a new search.

  • Download and run winSsearch.exe
  • Select some text anywhere (on your Desktop, in Microsoft Word etc)
  • Press Windows logo key + S
  • Your web browser runs the search

Tip: copy winSsearch.exe to your Startup folder in your Start menu so that it’s aways running.

Example screenshots:

Select text in Word

Select text in Word

 

Select text on the command line
Or select text somewhere else

 

Search results
Win-S switches to your browser and runs the search

This saves me about 10 seconds on every search I do. In my case that adds up to quite a lot of time in a day. Google is your friend!

What do you think?

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5 Responses to “winSsearch – Windows key + S runs instant web search from anywhere in Windows”

  1. Kevix Says:
    January 16, 2007 at 6:20 pm | Reply

    Looks very neat. How do I download it? I have IE7 and no matter what I try I cannot seem to download this to try it out. Some kind of SNAP thing keeps interfering, I think.
    -K-

  2. Will Moffat Says:
    January 17, 2007 at 12:54 am | Reply

    Hi Kevix, I disabled SNAP and fixed another problem with my web server. Could you try downloading again? Let me know what you think.

  3. Programs and Plugins That Make My ‘Must Reinstall’ List « Speaking Freely Says:
    March 13, 2007 at 10:25 pm | Reply

    [...] winsSearch – Tiny, free Windows application that lets you search with a simple keystroke. Just highlight the word or phrase, hit the ‘Windows’ and ‘S’ key simultaneously, and you can perform a Google search from anywhere within Windows. [...]

  4. kevin Says:
    March 20, 2007 at 8:58 pm | Reply

    perfect tool

  5. Emil Says:
    August 6, 2008 at 6:24 pm | Reply

    Windows + S interferes with the Microsoft Office OneNote shortcut for [S]creen clipping. Consider using another shortcut.

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