Questions tagged [google-drive]
For questions specifically about the now-depreciated computer client for the file synchronization and cloud storage service from Google. This tag should not be used if your question is about Google Backup and Sync or Google Drive File Stream.
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Access to Google Drive
I have my Google Drive set up on my organization's laptop. Does my company have access to or the ability to view the files I have on my Google Drive?
If yes, how can I keep it on my laptop and yet ...
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How do I change the owner of a file on Google Drive (Google help is incorrect)?
I'm attempting to follow Google's instructions for changing the owner of a file on Google Drive. I'm using Option 1. I'm ok up through step 6 ("Click Search"). The next step is "Check ...
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Disable mirroring for Google Drive Desktop but still allow syncing specific folders?
We have a Google Enterprise account. Our Google Admins have disabled Mirror files option because if every use enabled it, it would take up everyone's laptop storage space and we do not want that.
But ...
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Rclone copy only if files are "fresh"
I run a simple script to perform an rclone copy to Google Drive of a RAMDisk each day, giving it the naming format of YYYYMMDD_name. This works great, but is a bit wasteful because I don't actually ...
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Cannot upload any folders to Google Drive
I'm trying to upload a folder to Google Drive (running Ubuntu 20.04).
I select New > Folder Upload and select the folder. The upload immediately fails with the error file not found:
It's strange ...
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How can I read / write Alternate Data Streams on a Google Drive (on Windows)?
I have a windows box with Google Drive set up to stream files to local G: (default behaviour).
When I download files from the internet and save them to my local Google Drive, they have the usual ...
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Is there a way to prevent users from using Shared Drives instead of Shared Folders for project files?
Our organization is using Google Drive as its main file repository. I'm facing a constant struggle as users share folders in their "My Drive" space and start using said folders as shared ...
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Is there a way to access a google drive folder if i have a link to one file in it?
I accidentally copied the wrong link to very important folder. I copied a link to one of the files instead of the whole folder. Is there a way to get the link to whole folder if the only thing i have ...
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Synchronizing Google Drive files
Several Windows machines have same account google drive connected as drive. Suddenly I found that new document placed in google drive in one of PC's is not updated in all PC's even on the next day. If ...
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Is it possible to determine who had accessed filed in a public folder of my google drive?
I have a public folder with a number of files in my Google Drive. Anyone with a link can access the files. Is it possible to get any file access history ?
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trying to organize Google Drive cloud and cannot sync due to crash recovery - how can i see the size of each folder in one place? and subs?
Windows 10 post crash of update. How the heck can I see what is left of Google Drive as it was synced. I am afraid to sync as I might be trading damaged files for good ones. I have GD desktop. But ...
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How to copy text from Google Drive webpage?
Basically, I try to download some file on Google Drive, and it tells me that a 'virus has been found' or something, and I cannot download.
Good enough - except, I'd like to copy this 'virus found' ...
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Google Drive file icons broken and I cannot download files
Recently I have noticed that the files icons in my google drive does not appear correctly (see image below) then I discovered that I also cannot download my file.
I tried on different devices, ...
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Google Drive mapped to letter links instead to user directory
I have two Windows 10 Pro PCs. On both, there are multiple google drive accounts, but one in particular is shared by both.
How can I make it so that on both PCs I can access the files via a dedicated ...
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Selecting a unique folder for multiple cloud-syncing apps
After adopting both GDrive and OneDrive to sync the same folders, I've come up with the problem that everything is now duplicated in my local HDD.
On the Google drive app, I'm using the so-called ...
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Is it possible to block the option to report an email as spam or phishing when it is originated from the organization (organization's users)?
In my corporation, when a user hosts an infected file on their Google Drive, they are able to download the file by clicking on the "Download the infected file" button. Is there a way to ...
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How do I know which partitions I can safely remove on Windows 10?
I'm using desktop apps for Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox, which all store files on my computer.
Google Drive used a virtual drive for its file, until I changed the Google Drive streaming location ...
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How to change computer name in Google Drive desktop?
How to change company name here. It's not the same with the name in System preference -> general.
OS: macOS Ventura
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Using Google Drive to mirror a directory on a remote computer...how can I force a reload of a specfic file on the mirror HD from the remote HD?
I have a laptop at a remote location collecting data. A directory on it's hard drive is mirrored to the cloud using Google Drive. Some of the files on the mirror are partials due to connectivity ...
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Google Drive moved files on the cloud to trash after external disk was disconnected
I store my Goole Drive files, under macOS, on an external hard disk. I got a message by macOS that the disk was not ejected properly while I did not have any intentions to do so and while the external ...
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Moving Google Drive file meta data into an Excel table using Powershell
I have a directory on Google Drive where the contents are shown as below,
I would like to move this data into an Excel table as below,
What is the best way to do this that does not involve screen ...
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Google Drive Upload Folder silently ignores and does not upload symbolic links [duplicate]
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I am now unable to upload Linux directories that contain symbolic links into Google Drive. It worked in early December 2022.
I need to know if that is intentional deprecation of this ...
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How to open a local office file stored in Google Drive (docs, sheets etc.) directly?
I have Google Drive installed. I'd like to open local Office files inside Google Drive directly in Google Drive, that would save me an expensive subscription to Microsoft 365 Office suit. I don't want ...
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Using a USB for Windows installer using Google Drive as image burner
I would like to use a USB as bootable device which when booted from a PC connected to a public network, uses Google Drive (and the google credentials in my case) for "burning an image" of ...
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Sync local folder to Google Shared Drive
My use case is a as follows:
I have a large local folder (~2TB) on a local file server that is shared as a windows network share with several computers in the LAN. This folder is the SSOT for the data ...
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Annoying Google drive popup on adobe apps
Since a few days ago, these annoying pop-ups appear when working in adobe applications. I've been using google drive with adobe apps since forever and I've never seen this popup before.
I think it ...
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Why do shortcuts to Google Drive keep vanishing from the Finder sidebar and how to make them persistent?
I have a folder in Google Drive that I frequently need to access, so I have added it to the Favorites section in the Finder sidebar.
However, it vanishes after some time, presumably when Google Drive ...
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Two google drive icons appear in taskbar
I've installed google drive only once on my laptop, but recently I always see two google drive icons in the taskbar. How can I solve it?
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How can I perform bulk operations (move, copy, etc) on files in (my own) Google Drive?
I have a folder on Google drive with several thousand frames from two different animations mixed together. I have tried downloading the entire folder as a zip archive, but when I do that half of the ...
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How to stop backup from including itself
I have Macrium Reflect Free that is scheduled to backup my data drive (D:). Currently my destination is an external hard drive but I want to change this to my Google Drive. My Google Drive Streaming ...
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Does Google drive mirror option will reflect the changes made to a word file in Google drive to the file in the PC folder?
I am planning to sync a folder using google drive which is located on my home desktop PC. There is a word file in the folder. So when I am not using my PC at home, I am planning to log in to Google ...
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sync folder across multiple devices - google drive
In an attempt to get a handle on synchronizing certain data across my devices, I recognize that in order to have the same folder available on all devices it needs to have its origin in the cloud ...
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Getting errors when trying to connect Google Drive to Paperspace Gradient Notebooks
I'm trying to mount google drive to paperspace notebook using google-drive-ocamlfuse with the following code
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa
sudo apt update && sudo apt ...
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Sync a OneDrive (or Dropbox / Google Drive) folder between multiple users
In OneDrive, I have shared a folder that has a few hundred files and subfolders for a project. It contains a lot of large zip files (in total, about 8 GB of files) so would not be suitable for GitHub. ...
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how to make Google Drive put files in old directory (~/Google Drive/) instead of new directory (~/Google Drive/My Drive/)
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I am using Google Drive for Desktop on two Mac laptops. Both are running "Catalina" (MacOS 10.15). I would like to be able to sync between them and have the filepaths be the same ...
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Make Google Drive files available without internet conncetion
I want to sync folders from Google Drive to my laptop and have them available without internet connection.
My Google Drive app is set to 'Streaming'. (The option for 'Mirroring' is greyed out).
The ...
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How to do recurring non-sync Windows folder backups to Google drive
The official Google drive application for Windows only supports syncing to drive. I'm looking to instead do recurring separate backups to Google drive. How can I do this?
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Mapped Google Drive G: showing higher then expected space usage
When I log into the Google Drive web UI, it shows I have used "101.87 GB of 200 GB", so about 98 GB free.
However, when I click "This PC" from my laptop - which I have sync'd with ...
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How to fix unintentionally bandwidth sharing of 2 different fiber optic lines?
I have 2 different fiber optic lines on 2 separated accounts, separate routers but of the exactly same model from the same ISP. They both have their own IP address. The problem is that when I upload ...
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How to download data from google account when you run out of space?
I run out of space on google (used 14.5GB of 15GB). This means like 9GB of photos and 5 GB of email attachments. I want to download everything and then clean the cloud. I realized google does not ...
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Google Drive for Desktop stopped streaming my local folder
Due to an unknown reason, my Google account was disconnected from the Google Drive desktop app and I had to re-sign in. Since having done that, my Google Drive folder (the one that was designated as ...
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How to transfer my data from one account to other?
Some time ago I used 'live.com' email, was signing to google with this email and was storing my google drive data with this email.
Then I decided to switch to 'gmail.com' email.
Now I use 'gmail.com' ...
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How to remove hidden Microsoft files starting with ~$ on Mac
I have a Mac running MacOS 12.3.1. I've noticed that all over my file system, there are hidden files from Microsoft apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) that start with ~$. All of these hidden files ...
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Google Drive: is it possible to restore the way how the service worked in the past, using the folder instead of virtual partition?
I use Windows 10 X64 Pro and I pay the annual fee for the 2TB Google Drive service as a private.
Originally, Google Drive service worked using a simple folder on a local drive where put all the stuff ...
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Map Google Drive to Network Drive (Without Download)
I'm on a university computer and don't have admin privileges so I can't download Drive for Desktop, but I can add network locations. I'm wondering if I can add a Google Drive folder this way? I tried ...
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Win 10 link to Google Drive folder keeps getting replaced with .bat file
I have a link to my Google Drive folder on my desktop but for reasons I can't fathom it keeps getting replaced with the Drive launcher bat file
I create the link to the folder
Works as expected
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How to remove large white blocks from Excel preview in Google Drive?
Does anyone know how to remove these large white blocks from the preview of an Excel file in Google Drive? The file itself is somewhat old and has gone through many large changes, including ...
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Let the Google drive has the lowest priority for internet usage when Google drive is at background
Is it possible to let Google drive only uses the spare traffic to sync?
For example, when I am using chrome and opened a webpage, I want google chrome to enjoy the priority of wifi and quickly ...
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How Can you periodically backup to Google Drive on Windows?
I need to backup folders automatically and periodically to Google drive from Windows 10.
The official Google Drive app supports sync mode, this is not suitable because if a file is deleted from Google ...
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Can I download directly to google drive or other webservice? [closed]
I'm trying to download files from fileshare slow speed which takes like 19 hours
Can I download these files directly to google drive?
I've seen Downloading from Internet directly to google drive but ...
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