Map network drive for Google Drive to appears as a normal drive in Windows Explorer
Is it possible to "map network drive" for Google Drive so it appears as a usual Windows drive in Explorer?
(And on a Mac and Linux?)
windows windows-explorer mount network-drive google-drive
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Is it possible to "map network drive" for Google Drive so it appears as a usual Windows drive in Explorer?
(And on a Mac and Linux?)
windows windows-explorer mount network-drive google-drive
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When you install the Google Drive client app, is it possible to specify a different location for the local folder (other than c:usersusernameGoogle Drive)? Can you specify a NAS drive letter on your local network (like a Z: drive mapped to a Synology NAS)? Or, after the Google Drive client app is installed, is there a way to change the path for the local folder to a NAS drive letter?
– user131818
May 2 '12 at 15:58
+1 @Bennett Herring - good questions! superuser.com user Pulsar (below) suggests using subst - would that work for you?
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 19:37
I'd love to know if it's possible to mount Google Drive as a drive due to serious lack of space on my machine.
– Dan Atkinson
May 5 '12 at 18:36
@BennettHerring you can specify where google drive should store the files in the google drive app settings.
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 6 '12 at 21:34
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Is it possible to "map network drive" for Google Drive so it appears as a usual Windows drive in Explorer?
(And on a Mac and Linux?)
windows windows-explorer mount network-drive google-drive
edited May 16 '12 at 20:41
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Is it possible to "map network drive" for Google Drive so it appears as a usual Windows drive in Explorer?
(And on a Mac and Linux?)
windows windows-explorer mount network-drive google-drive
windows windows-explorer mount network-drive google-drive
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When you install the Google Drive client app, is it possible to specify a different location for the local folder (other than c:usersusernameGoogle Drive)? Can you specify a NAS drive letter on your local network (like a Z: drive mapped to a Synology NAS)? Or, after the Google Drive client app is installed, is there a way to change the path for the local folder to a NAS drive letter?
– user131818
May 2 '12 at 15:58
+1 @Bennett Herring - good questions! superuser.com user Pulsar (below) suggests using subst - would that work for you?
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 19:37
I'd love to know if it's possible to mount Google Drive as a drive due to serious lack of space on my machine.
– Dan Atkinson
May 5 '12 at 18:36
@BennettHerring you can specify where google drive should store the files in the google drive app settings.
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 6 '12 at 21:34
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When you install the Google Drive client app, is it possible to specify a different location for the local folder (other than c:usersusernameGoogle Drive)? Can you specify a NAS drive letter on your local network (like a Z: drive mapped to a Synology NAS)? Or, after the Google Drive client app is installed, is there a way to change the path for the local folder to a NAS drive letter?
– user131818
May 2 '12 at 15:58
+1 @Bennett Herring - good questions! superuser.com user Pulsar (below) suggests using subst - would that work for you?
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 19:37
I'd love to know if it's possible to mount Google Drive as a drive due to serious lack of space on my machine.
– Dan Atkinson
May 5 '12 at 18:36
@BennettHerring you can specify where google drive should store the files in the google drive app settings.
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 6 '12 at 21:34
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When you install the Google Drive client app, is it possible to specify a different location for the local folder (other than c:usersusernameGoogle Drive)? Can you specify a NAS drive letter on your local network (like a Z: drive mapped to a Synology NAS)? Or, after the Google Drive client app is installed, is there a way to change the path for the local folder to a NAS drive letter?
– user131818
May 2 '12 at 15:58
When you install the Google Drive client app, is it possible to specify a different location for the local folder (other than c:usersusernameGoogle Drive)? Can you specify a NAS drive letter on your local network (like a Z: drive mapped to a Synology NAS)? Or, after the Google Drive client app is installed, is there a way to change the path for the local folder to a NAS drive letter?
– user131818
May 2 '12 at 15:58
+1 @Bennett Herring - good questions! superuser.com user Pulsar (below) suggests using subst - would that work for you?
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 19:37
+1 @Bennett Herring - good questions! superuser.com user Pulsar (below) suggests using subst - would that work for you?
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 19:37
I'd love to know if it's possible to mount Google Drive as a drive due to serious lack of space on my machine.
– Dan Atkinson
May 5 '12 at 18:36
I'd love to know if it's possible to mount Google Drive as a drive due to serious lack of space on my machine.
– Dan Atkinson
May 5 '12 at 18:36
@BennettHerring you can specify where google drive should store the files in the google drive app settings.
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 6 '12 at 21:34
@BennettHerring you can specify where google drive should store the files in the google drive app settings.
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 6 '12 at 21:34
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No just a folder. Well you could use the subst command to map a folder as drive letter I guess. Haven't tested it, google drive might do something special, syntax wrong somewhere etc.
subst g: "c:usersusernameGoogle Drive"
Change "username" to your user name of course. Run at startup using a bat-file perhaps i autostart or similar.
I'm curious, why a drive, not OK with just a folder? Multiple users sharing perhaps? If so permissions might be needed to be set.
Update: I got curious and tried it and it seems to work.
answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
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Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to gettingc:usersusernameGoogle Drivein the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What isc:usersusernameGoogle Driveactually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
1
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
1
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
add a comment |
Linux support is on its way apparently. and will no doubt use webdav (possibly FTP too). Windows, OSX and Linux all support mounting webdav based file systems (you use davfs2 under linux).
There will also be a syncing client for linux that means the files will be available when the network is not (the same way the Windows and OSX clients work).
answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
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+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
add a comment |
Mountain Duck will map Google drive as a network drive - according to the Mountain Duck website :
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in
Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files
with any application and work like on a local volume.
Note that this is a paid-for app. But it has a flexible license if you yourself want to use it on all your machines - https://mountainduck.io/buy/ :
One license can be used on any number of computers as long as it is
the same user accessing the software
Available for both Mac and PC.
Another app work looking at is InSync - this doesn't mount a cloud drive like Mountain Duck, but it does provide more features than Google's own drive app, plus it's available on Linux as well as Mac and Windows.
I don't work for them nor have any financial interest.
Making this answer the accepted.
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No just a folder. Well you could use the subst command to map a folder as drive letter I guess. Haven't tested it, google drive might do something special, syntax wrong somewhere etc.
subst g: "c:usersusernameGoogle Drive"
Change "username" to your user name of course. Run at startup using a bat-file perhaps i autostart or similar.
I'm curious, why a drive, not OK with just a folder? Multiple users sharing perhaps? If so permissions might be needed to be set.
Update: I got curious and tried it and it seems to work.
answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
379110
1
Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to gettingc:usersusernameGoogle Drivein the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What isc:usersusernameGoogle Driveactually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
1
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
1
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
add a comment |
No just a folder. Well you could use the subst command to map a folder as drive letter I guess. Haven't tested it, google drive might do something special, syntax wrong somewhere etc.
subst g: "c:usersusernameGoogle Drive"
Change "username" to your user name of course. Run at startup using a bat-file perhaps i autostart or similar.
I'm curious, why a drive, not OK with just a folder? Multiple users sharing perhaps? If so permissions might be needed to be set.
Update: I got curious and tried it and it seems to work.
answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
379110
1
Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to gettingc:usersusernameGoogle Drivein the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What isc:usersusernameGoogle Driveactually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
1
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
1
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
add a comment |
No just a folder. Well you could use the subst command to map a folder as drive letter I guess. Haven't tested it, google drive might do something special, syntax wrong somewhere etc.
subst g: "c:usersusernameGoogle Drive"
Change "username" to your user name of course. Run at startup using a bat-file perhaps i autostart or similar.
I'm curious, why a drive, not OK with just a folder? Multiple users sharing perhaps? If so permissions might be needed to be set.
Update: I got curious and tried it and it seems to work.
answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
379110
No just a folder. Well you could use the subst command to map a folder as drive letter I guess. Haven't tested it, google drive might do something special, syntax wrong somewhere etc.
subst g: "c:usersusernameGoogle Drive"
Change "username" to your user name of course. Run at startup using a bat-file perhaps i autostart or similar.
I'm curious, why a drive, not OK with just a folder? Multiple users sharing perhaps? If so permissions might be needed to be set.
Update: I got curious and tried it and it seems to work.
answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
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edited May 2 '12 at 12:38
answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
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answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
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answered May 2 '12 at 12:31
Mattias Isegran Bergander
379110
379110
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Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to gettingc:usersusernameGoogle Drivein the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What isc:usersusernameGoogle Driveactually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
1
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
1
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
add a comment |
1
Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to gettingc:usersusernameGoogle Drivein the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What isc:usersusernameGoogle Driveactually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
1
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
1
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
1
1
Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
Actually you can persist the subst command across reboots: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst#Persisting_across_reboots
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:35
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to getting
c:usersusernameGoogle Drive in the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What is c:usersusernameGoogle Drive actually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
+1 This is good enough. But the steps to getting
c:usersusernameGoogle Drive in the first place aren't shown - presumably this Google Drive has a client app to get this path. What is c:usersusernameGoogle Drive actually? This looks like a local path on the machine not the network location of Google Drive itself.– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 12:49
1
1
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Google drive indeed has a client app, just like dropbox etc. That app creates and uses that path. You can download the google drive app from your google drive account below the menu to the left: drive.google.com
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 2 '12 at 12:56
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
Accepted, I think this covers it.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:08
1
1
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
Thank you for your input an time, @Mattias Isegran Bergander, since asking this question, I have found an app, Mountain Duck, that does do the mount of a remote cloud drive and now make this as the accepted answer, as it is the closest app/solution to my needs.
– therobyouknow
Dec 17 '18 at 12:05
add a comment |
Linux support is on its way apparently. and will no doubt use webdav (possibly FTP too). Windows, OSX and Linux all support mounting webdav based file systems (you use davfs2 under linux).
There will also be a syncing client for linux that means the files will be available when the network is not (the same way the Windows and OSX clients work).
answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
Paul
47.8k13121147
+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
add a comment |
Linux support is on its way apparently. and will no doubt use webdav (possibly FTP too). Windows, OSX and Linux all support mounting webdav based file systems (you use davfs2 under linux).
There will also be a syncing client for linux that means the files will be available when the network is not (the same way the Windows and OSX clients work).
answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
Paul
47.8k13121147
+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
add a comment |
Linux support is on its way apparently. and will no doubt use webdav (possibly FTP too). Windows, OSX and Linux all support mounting webdav based file systems (you use davfs2 under linux).
There will also be a syncing client for linux that means the files will be available when the network is not (the same way the Windows and OSX clients work).
answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
Paul
47.8k13121147
Linux support is on its way apparently. and will no doubt use webdav (possibly FTP too). Windows, OSX and Linux all support mounting webdav based file systems (you use davfs2 under linux).
There will also be a syncing client for linux that means the files will be available when the network is not (the same way the Windows and OSX clients work).
answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
Paul
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answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
Paul
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answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
Paul
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answered May 2 '12 at 12:37
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+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
add a comment |
+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
+1 For the info on the OSs webdav mount capability - I presume Google Drive supports webdav too.
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 14:09
add a comment |
Mountain Duck will map Google drive as a network drive - according to the Mountain Duck website :
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in
Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files
with any application and work like on a local volume.
Note that this is a paid-for app. But it has a flexible license if you yourself want to use it on all your machines - https://mountainduck.io/buy/ :
One license can be used on any number of computers as long as it is
the same user accessing the software
Available for both Mac and PC.
Another app work looking at is InSync - this doesn't mount a cloud drive like Mountain Duck, but it does provide more features than Google's own drive app, plus it's available on Linux as well as Mac and Windows.
I don't work for them nor have any financial interest.
Making this answer the accepted.
answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
therobyouknow
2,213134782
add a comment |
Mountain Duck will map Google drive as a network drive - according to the Mountain Duck website :
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in
Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files
with any application and work like on a local volume.
Note that this is a paid-for app. But it has a flexible license if you yourself want to use it on all your machines - https://mountainduck.io/buy/ :
One license can be used on any number of computers as long as it is
the same user accessing the software
Available for both Mac and PC.
Another app work looking at is InSync - this doesn't mount a cloud drive like Mountain Duck, but it does provide more features than Google's own drive app, plus it's available on Linux as well as Mac and Windows.
I don't work for them nor have any financial interest.
Making this answer the accepted.
answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
therobyouknow
2,213134782
add a comment |
Mountain Duck will map Google drive as a network drive - according to the Mountain Duck website :
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in
Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files
with any application and work like on a local volume.
Note that this is a paid-for app. But it has a flexible license if you yourself want to use it on all your machines - https://mountainduck.io/buy/ :
One license can be used on any number of computers as long as it is
the same user accessing the software
Available for both Mac and PC.
Another app work looking at is InSync - this doesn't mount a cloud drive like Mountain Duck, but it does provide more features than Google's own drive app, plus it's available on Linux as well as Mac and Windows.
I don't work for them nor have any financial interest.
Making this answer the accepted.
answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
therobyouknow
2,213134782
Mountain Duck will map Google drive as a network drive - according to the Mountain Duck website :
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in
Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files
with any application and work like on a local volume.
Note that this is a paid-for app. But it has a flexible license if you yourself want to use it on all your machines - https://mountainduck.io/buy/ :
One license can be used on any number of computers as long as it is
the same user accessing the software
Available for both Mac and PC.
Another app work looking at is InSync - this doesn't mount a cloud drive like Mountain Duck, but it does provide more features than Google's own drive app, plus it's available on Linux as well as Mac and Windows.
I don't work for them nor have any financial interest.
Making this answer the accepted.
answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
therobyouknow
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answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
therobyouknow
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answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
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answered Dec 17 '18 at 12:04
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When you install the Google Drive client app, is it possible to specify a different location for the local folder (other than c:usersusernameGoogle Drive)? Can you specify a NAS drive letter on your local network (like a Z: drive mapped to a Synology NAS)? Or, after the Google Drive client app is installed, is there a way to change the path for the local folder to a NAS drive letter?
– user131818
May 2 '12 at 15:58
+1 @Bennett Herring - good questions! superuser.com user Pulsar (below) suggests using subst - would that work for you?
– therobyouknow
May 2 '12 at 19:37
I'd love to know if it's possible to mount Google Drive as a drive due to serious lack of space on my machine.
– Dan Atkinson
May 5 '12 at 18:36
@BennettHerring you can specify where google drive should store the files in the google drive app settings.
– Mattias Isegran Bergander
May 6 '12 at 21:34