Google browse by name within windows folders?

[Kubano]

I just noticed the new feature "browse by name", which enables the user to search in google directly by typing f.i a company name in the IE address bar.
[toolbar.google.com...]

But I just typed my name there and Google opened a normal windows explorer, showing me my subfolder within my PC!

Any clue!?!

[shorebreak]

Can you reproduce that on your PC a second time around?

[danec]

I can recreate this in Windows XP, but only if the folder is located on my desktop. I don't think it has anything to do with the browse by name function of the Google toolbar.

[Astinus]

It has nothing to do with Google.

Since Microsoft merged IE and Explorer, they share a common namespace [kinda]. If you type the name of any folder on your Desktop into IE's address bar, then it will navigate there.

[for a side example, suppose you have a folder called "stuff" on your desktop. Open the START > RUN dialog, and type "stuff" in there, and press enter. It will open that folder]

[shorebreak]

I think it absolutely has to do with Google, since the result page is a Google search page and not a MSFT page.