![]() Note that on Windows 10/8/7/Vista and Server 2016/2012/2008, Drive File Stream will be running in the background on the isolated Session 0. The entry's state should change to "Running" after a few seconds. To start Drive File Stream as a service, choose Application > Start "GoogleDriveFS". Right-click on its tray iconĬlick the "triple-dots" in the upper right and select Quit from the menu: Highlight the Google Drive File Stream entry and click the Disable button on the lower right to toggle the entry to "Disabled":Īnd finally, if Drive File Stream is running on your desktop, close it now. You should see Drive File Stream listed there, with a status of "Enabled": If necessary, click More details to reveal the advanced view: ![]() (Right-click the Windows taskbar and select it from the menu.) To disable Drive File Stream's "startup at log in": However that capability will no longer be necessary.Īs a windows service, Drive File Stream will be launched when your PC boots - before you log in. When you installed Drive File Stream, it configured itself to start whenever you log in to your PC. But before we do, let's take care of one final "housekeeping" task. We're all set to start Drive File Stream as a service. Notice that the state will be "Stopped" because the service is not yet running: In a couple of seconds, a new entry for GoogleDriveFS (or whatever you called it) will show up in the AlwaysUp window. We are done configuring Drive File Stream so click the Save > button to record our settings. To ensure that only a single copy of Drive File Stream is active at any time. We also recommend checking both the Stop all copies of the application running on this computer and Also whenever the application is restarted boxes, This tells AlwaysUp that Drive File Stream needs the TCP/IP stack to operate. Switch to the Startup tab and check the Ensure that the Windows Networking components have started box. We have stuck with the default of GoogleDriveFS but you can enter something else if you like.Ĭlick over to the Logon tab, check the box at the top and enter the username and password of the Windows account (not your Google Drive account!) where you installed Drive File Stream.īe sure to do this as Drive File Stream will not work properly as a service if it runs in the Local System account. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call this application in AlwaysUp. Since we're running version 25.102.133.409 on our Windows 10 machine, our full path is:Ĭ:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream\25.102.133.409\GoogleDriveFS.exe Where is the version of Drive File Stream you have installed. You will find it in a folder named like this:Ĭ:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream\\ In the Application field, enter the full path to the Drive File Stream executable, GoogleDriveFS.exe. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window: ![]() ![]() Make sure to enter your username and password for Google and confirm that you can use the G drive in Explorer.ĭownload and install AlwaysUp, if necessary. (Note that Drive File Stream is not currently supported on Windows Server editions.) If necessary, download and install Drive File Stream on your Windows PC. To setup Google Drive File Stream as a Windows Service: If you have already transitioned to that new product. Installing Google Drive for desktop as a service Note: Drive File Stream's name is changing to Google Drive for desktop.
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