Windows 10: Add or Remove Google Drive from Navigation Pane in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Google Drive from Navigation Pane in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Google Drive in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10


Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service created by Google. It allows users to store files in the cloud, share files, and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with collaborators. Google Drive encompasses Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, an office suite that permits collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms, and more.

To use Google Drive on your PC, you must first download and install: Download Google Drive - Backup and Sync

If you have Backup and Sync installed for Google Drive, this tutorial will show you how to add or remove Google Drive from the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 10.

If you would like to have more than one Google Drive added to your navigation pane in File Explorer, then please post a request along with the full path of the Google Drive folder you want added. If you moved your user profile folder from the default "C:\Users" location or installed Google Drive to another location than the default "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive" location, please also include the new location.



Contents

• Option One: Add or Remove Google Drive in Navigation Pane using a BAT file
• Option Two: Add or Remove Google Drive in Navigation Pane using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Google Drive in navigation pane of File Explorer









OPTION ONE [/i] Add or Remove Google Drive in Navigation Pane using a BAT file
Special thanks to Rob for providing the .bat file here for this option.


1 Download the Add_Google_Drive_to_Navigation_Pane.bat file below to your desktop.
Download
2 Unblock the downloaded .bat file.

3 Run the downloaded .bat file.

4 Type the letter for what you want to do. (see screenshot below)



5 If you type A or R, the explorer process will automatically restart, and File Explorer will open showing your change.

6 If you type X, then the .bat file command dialog will close.





OPTION TWO [/i] Add or Remove Google Drive in Navigation Pane using a REG file
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add Google Drive to Navigation Pane
If you moved your user profile folder from the default "C:\Users" location or installed Google Drive to another location than the default "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive" location, please post a reply with your location instead. I'll need to create a custom .reg for you with your location for this to work. Reference.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Google_Drive_to_navigation_pane.reg

Download

3. To Remove Google Drive from Navigation Pane
This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Google_Drive_from_navigation_pane.reg

Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, OK (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 If the change doesn't get applied immediately, then you can restart the explorer process to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it
Shawn


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RE : Double E drive

How to Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10

 

Windows 10 Only: Some of my USB drives are listed twice on the FILE EXPLORER, how do I get rid of one of them?

Have a look at this site:
https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/add-or-remove-duplicate-drives-in-navigation-pane-in-windows-10.8940/.

 

Hello Hockeyfreak, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Yeah, after you merge the .reg file, you'll need to manually edit the registry keys in Registry Editor for the new path.

 

Awesome! Thanks, I'll figure out how. Shouldn't be hard. Then just save and reboot, I should be good?

 

You'll only need to correct the paths. No need to reboot.

If you need any help, please feel free to let me know. *Smile

 

SWEET!! Worked like a charm. I'm trying to thank you again, but can't until I spread it around. I'll be here more often. 10 is better than 7 in my opinion, but there are so many things I need to tweak.

Thanks so much.

 

You're most welcome. I'm glad to hear you got it sorted. *Smile

 

Hi Brink , Thanks....

I had the same issue as HockeyFreak , as my Google Drive is using F:\Google Drive , since I didn't want it on my small OS SSD.

Just thought this might help someone else to change their's too if needed. Changing the Target Folder in the registry to F:\Google Drive immediately got it to Show in the Explorer RH Pane (no reboot) instead of throwing the Error message.

The registry Key you need to change:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{81539FE6-33C7-4CE7-90C7-1C7B8F2F2D41}\Instance\InitPropertyBag

and a pic of mine.... right click on TargetFolderPath >modify ..... and change the Value Data to your Google Drive location.






*** edit: added 64bit Windows Fix.

For those using 64 Bit Windows you also need to modify the following Registry Entry too :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{81539FE6-33C7-4CE7-90C7-1C7B8F2F2D41}\Instance\InitPropertyBag


KB

 

Many thanks for this. It worked for me. Against normal instinct, I just did it without having time to read the .reg file and understand the entries. But all good. Is there a resource recommended to understand the background to how this works?

Cheers*Thumbs

 

I'm glad it could help 62claret, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

 

Thank you Brink!!! *Smile

 

You're most welcome swatstrike. I'm glad it could help. *Smile

 

Thank you for the registry and tutorial. I have no idea about registry, so I was afraid to do it manually. Fortunately there's someone in this forum who has already done that. Thanks Brink!

Quick question:

I have changed the default Google Drive folder in my PC, I tried to edit the registry file but couldn't find the folder location. Is it possible to do that? Thanks again!

 

Hello maurisrx, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Luckily, it doesn't matter if you changed the default Google drive folder location. The tutorial doesn't reference its location, but its GUID instead to make this possible.