If you are curious, you can cycle through the tabs and review the options that have been chosen.Ĭlick Save to record your new Google Drive service: The Add Application window contains all the recommended settings for running Google Drive 24x7 after your PC boots. We're almost done! Click Next to continue:

User name and password of your Windows account. Select Application > Advisor to launch the Application Advisor:Ĭhoose Google Drive for desktop from the list of applications and click Next:Īfter the Advisor has gathered information about your Google Drive installation, you will be prompted to enter the We have a total of three people with this folder (2 colleagues and myself).Download and install AlwaysUp, if necessary.

This shortcut was synced to their device, which can now be accessed as if it was on their own hard drive (the folder opens in File Explorer, where all contents are visible and can be edited as if it were a normal folder).

In Google Drive, we placed a shortcut pointing to Folder A inside of Folder B (the 'create shortcut' tool in Google Drive).

Then we synced one of their desktop's folders to their Google Drive.

The folder is shared through Google Drive to my colleagues using their emails.

The folder is on my hard drive (I own it) and is being synced to Google Drive into my 'My PC' folder.

Our setup is slightly complicated, and maybe just a little stupid, but it works. Me and a couple of colleagues are using Google Drive for Desktop to keep a single folder synchronized between our desktops.

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