Install Google Drive File Stream

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Step 1: Quit Drive File Stream

  1. Go to your computer's task bar located on the bottom right and locate the Drive File Stream icon.
  2. Click Drive File Stream icon and select the More Options Menu (vertical ellipses) and then select Quit.
Install Google Drive File Stream

Click Google Drive File Stream from the list. Click the button Install. This is will begin the installation process. If File Stream does not automatically log you in, click the File Stream icon in the system tray (in the lower-right corner of the screen), and then click Sign In. Download Drive File Stream for macOS. Once downloaded, launch the installer titled googledrivefilestream.dmg and proceed through the installation. Close the installer once it is completed. Open Finder, navigate to Applications and then click Google Drive File Stream. Sign in using your firstname.lastname@wmich.edu email address. Drive File Stream is a desktop application that allows saving and access to all Google Drive files on demand, directly from a computer through File Explorer. This means using almost no hard drive space and spend less time waiting for files to sync. From your Web browser, go to the Google Drive File Stream home page. On the 'Google Drive Help' page, click Download for Mac. If prompted, save the installer file to your Desktop. (If you're not prompted, the file may have been saved in your Downloads folder.). Store, share, and access your files and folders from any mobile device, tablet, or computer—and your first 15GB of storage are free. Go to Google Drive Teams.

Step 2: Uninstall Drive File Stream

  1. Click Search Windows, and enter uninstall. Click Change or remove a program.
  2. Programs and Features window appears. Select Google Drive File Stream and then click Uninstall/Change.
  3. Uninstall Google File Stream? prompt appears. Click Uninstall.
  4. Google Drive File Stream was uninstalled appears.

This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to download, install, and log into Google Drive File Stream on your personal computer.

Click on the appropriate link below to start downloading the Google Drive File Stream installer.

Install google drive file stream

Click Google Drive File Stream from the list. Click the button Install. This is will begin the installation process. If File Stream does not automatically log you in, click the File Stream icon in the system tray (in the lower-right corner of the screen), and then click Sign In. Download Drive File Stream for macOS. Once downloaded, launch the installer titled googledrivefilestream.dmg and proceed through the installation. Close the installer once it is completed. Open Finder, navigate to Applications and then click Google Drive File Stream. Sign in using your firstname.lastname@wmich.edu email address. Drive File Stream is a desktop application that allows saving and access to all Google Drive files on demand, directly from a computer through File Explorer. This means using almost no hard drive space and spend less time waiting for files to sync. From your Web browser, go to the Google Drive File Stream home page. On the 'Google Drive Help' page, click Download for Mac. If prompted, save the installer file to your Desktop. (If you're not prompted, the file may have been saved in your Downloads folder.). Store, share, and access your files and folders from any mobile device, tablet, or computer—and your first 15GB of storage are free. Go to Google Drive Teams.

Step 2: Uninstall Drive File Stream

  1. Click Search Windows, and enter uninstall. Click Change or remove a program.
  2. Programs and Features window appears. Select Google Drive File Stream and then click Uninstall/Change.
  3. Uninstall Google File Stream? prompt appears. Click Uninstall.
  4. Google Drive File Stream was uninstalled appears.

This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to download, install, and log into Google Drive File Stream on your personal computer.

Click on the appropriate link below to start downloading the Google Drive File Stream installer.

Download dropbox for chrome. Windows download: https://dl.google.com/drive-file-stream/GoogleDriveFSSetup.exe

Mac Download: https://dl.google.com/drive-file-stream/GoogleDriveFileStream.dmg

If prompted with a warning (by Windows or Mac), click to continue with the download.

How to install and log into Google Drive File Stream using Windows 10.

  1. After clicking the above 'Windows download' link, wait for the file to fully download to your computer.
  1. Navigate to the 'Downloads' folder on your personal computer.

2a) Use the Windows search bar located next to the Windows start button and type 'This PC' and click.

This will open a new window.

2b) Double click on the 'Downloads' folder located in this new window.

  1. Double click the 'GoogleDriveFSSetup' installer (.exe) file.
  1. If prompted about 'making changes to your device', click 'Yes'.
  1. Click the 'Install' button. If you wish to add shortcuts to your desktop, then check the respective boxes.

By default, the Drive File Stream program will launch when you start your computer.

  1. When it has finished installing, a new window will appear which will prompt you to log in.

Use your Hopedale email and password.

  1. Close out of this window:

A new window will appear (Step 8).

7a) You can also click 'Close' on the installer window. Free games for imac computer.

  1. Click on 'My Drive' to access everything in your Google Drive.

Sync computer folder to google drive. The Google Drive File Stream is synced to your hopedale Google account, so everything that is currently in you Google Drive (normally accessed via Chrome) will appear in 'My Drive'.

  1. A new folder will be present in your Google Drive that will be called your user name (Example: trobinson or ntoupin). Click on that folder to access all of the files that were located on your old H-drive.

These files are now part of your Google Drive (G:) and are simply in a sub-folder to keep them initially separate from the rest of your Google Drive. You can organize these files on your Google Drive however you see fit.

Install Google Drive File Stream For Mac

Additional Info:

  1. When looking for your 'My Drive', go to your tray icons in the bottom right corner of the screen and click on the 'Drive File Stream' icon.

This will bring up a small window which is an overview of recently synced files.

Click the folder icon in the upper right corner.

Drive File Stream Download App

This will bring up the window pictured in Step 8.

  1. You can also access your 'My Drive' by going to 'This PC' (See Step 2a) and double clicking on 'Google Drive File Stream (G:)'.

This will bring up the window pictured in Step 8.





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