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Integrating Google Talk with Google Desktop 2

  1. Have both Google Desktop 2 and Google Talk installed.
  2. Put Google Desktop into Sidebar mode by right clicking the Google Desktop Search taskbar icon and selecting sidebar, then clicking the down arrow in the title bar of the sidebar and selecting the dock option you want (right or left). You can also select Down Arrow -> autohide if you don’t like it taking up space on your screen.
  3. Click the down arrow in the title bar of the Google Desktop sidebar and select the option Add/Remove panels.
  4. Check Google Talk.
  5. Uncheck Gmail – Google Talk takes over for incoming email notification.

Troubleshooting:
If at first the option “Google Talk” does not appear as a panel to be added, just close the sidebar and open it again. The option should appear. – thanks Rohan

You can also try restarting Google Talk to get the add panel option to appear. – A Commenter

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  1. Anonymous says

    How do you put gtalk into sidebar mode?

  2. Kevin says

    You need to put Google Desktop into Sidebar mode by right clicking the Google Desktop Search taskbar icon and selecting sidebar, then clicking the down arrow in the title bar of the sidebar and selecting the dock option you want (right or left)

    Then you just need to go to the down-arrow menu -> Add/Remove Panels -> Put a check mark next to Google Talk

  3. Kevin says

    Did I mention you need to have Google Desktop installed? (http://desktop.google.com)

  4. Anonymous says

    Got it, I had to quit gTalk first before it would show up as a panel I could use in the sidebar.

  5. Phil Ucerian says

    sweet wallpaper can you send me it or where did you get it from?? thx

  6. Kevin says

    http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/

  7. Stijn says

    if only my friends stopped using MSN and started using Talk…

  8. Rishi says

    Yup, my friends love to use MSN too for some reason….. Only a few of them use Google Talk! How come you have sooooo many friends that use google talk? I wish it was that way with my friends…..



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