It's worth noting that this new app has been upgraded to allow computers to access shared folders. If you want to access Shared Drives, you have to download and deploy Drive File Stream (now named Drive for desktop).īut Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream have now been replaced by Drive for desktop, and from October 2021, Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream users will be migrated to the program. That’s why you cannot access Shared Drives with Google Drive Backup and Sync. And the Google Drive Backup and Sync is for individual personal users. The files always stay in Shared Drives on Google Drive server even if the members leave.

Why cannot access Shared Drives with Backup and sync? Because Shared Drives stores file only belong to the team or organization, not a personal user. And you can only access the Google Drive Folder (owns all or part of the content in My Drive at ). Question from How Backup and Sync access Shared Drives?Īs a matter of fact, the Backup and Sync (now is Drive for desktop) desktop app cannot access the Shared Drives on your computer. For example, Google Docs appears as just a list of documents, instead of being contained in the folders in which the file owner created.' Accessing it through a browser is inconvenient and confusing.

'Hi, I'm using Backup & Sync on Windows, and would like to be able to access the 'Shared with me' folder in the Windows Explorer file manager.

Can Backup and Sync access to Share with Me Folder?

Google drive file stream shared with me