Drive for Desktop (previously Drive File Stream)

Owned by Paul Macey (admin)
Last updated: Nov 02, 2023
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Changing Preferences (including folder location)

For mednet computers, try C:\GoogleDrive; this needs to be set with a script run as administrator

OLD: Have Google Drive as a different letter (does not work for computers on mednet network due to security settings):

2021-12-27: Can set drive in Preferences

Google Drive File Stream creates a drive letter on your computer that gives access to everything in the UCLA Google Drive account. Go to Google Drive, sign in to your UCLA account, and in Settings look for Drive File Stream.

You probably want to configure the letter to always be the same, as otherwise FS changes it:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/7644837?hl=en

Note: in the user settings, there is a key "MountPoint" but the one that you need to change or add is "DefaultMountPoint"; I presume MountPoint is what it has been assigned to.