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How to Solve the Issue between Google Drive sync and Windows Security ransomware protection feature?
New Windows has a feature called Ransomware Protection in Windows Settings >> Windows Security.
I use this feature to protect the folder of Google Drive.
However, it doesn't go well. At the ...
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Google Drive - how to retain files but reinstall Drive?
I have reinstalled Windows and I have a lot of data on Google Drive (~60 gb). I have backed up the contents of my Drive folder and put them in the same location on my hard disk after reinstalling ...
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Virtual Hard Disk prevent overwrite from Google Drive
Since Google Drive for Desktop in Windows doesn't support one-way sync, is there idea that I can tricky that app by revoking permission to overwrite any changes in my local directory that mounted by ...
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Google Drive Sync Encryption
So I got some terabytes of free GD from google workspace of my organization. I do realize that, it's intended for organization stuff therefore they can see my personal data if I store on it.
Is there ...
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Google Drive Desktop wasn't moving file, it's moved the file to trash then reuploading when moved by robocopy
So, I'm applying this 3-2-1 backup rule.
Folder form ssd-sync is synced to vhd-sync through robocopy, here is the argument command.
robocopy D:\ssd-sync E:\vhd-sync /LOG+:D:\ssd-sync\robocopy-...
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Google Drive: How to copy shared folder content to another folder?
I have access to a folder shared with me (let's say SharedWithMe folder) and I want to backup this folder as the sharing will be end in the future. So, is it possible to sync / copy the SharedWithMe ...
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Local and Cloud syncing between drives in Windows
So I read computer organization book. It said there is chapter about Memory Hierarchy. As the capacity larger and cheaper, the Read and Write speed became slower, and vice versa.
So, I have my laptop ...
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Sync files with different google drive account on chromebook
I have got many files locally (which are in my downloads folder) on my Chromebook. But, how do I sync those files to a google drive account other than the currently logged in account?
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Google Drive quit command executable
Just finished setting up task scheduler(win10) to boot up Google Drive off hours to avoid resource drag specifically when syncing third party backup images.
All's good with the backup app scheduler ...
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Computer folders backing up images/videos to Google Photos and those images/videos on Google Photos are not talking to each other
If I have a file on my computer, like .txt document, in a folder backed to Google Drive (via the Google Drive app on my computer) and I edit this document using a text editor on my phone, the changes ...
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Map Google Drive to drive letter
Google Drive has recently updated the desktop file sync client from the old Backup and Sync to a new system. With the old program, I used net use at the Windows Command Prompt, e.g. net use r: "\...
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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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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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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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