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Google Drive problem
howsoonisnow
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I was looking for a specific specific document in my synced Google Drive folder on my PC but could not find it. I searched via the Drive website and found it - but only by way of searching the file name. When I looked through My Drive and all its folders I could not find it. Neither did it appear in "shared with me", "Google photos", "Recent", "Starred" or "Bin".
The ONLY way to find it was via search. I then noticed that when selecting the file in the list of search results the "Move To..." button changed to "Add to My Drive" I clicked this and the file synced to my PC. Problem solved for this particular file...
However, I need to discover just how many other files are not in "My Drive". The only way that seems to work would be to search for "*.*" and scroll through thousands of results, This is a very daunting prospect - is there an easier method? And how can I prevent files mysteriously dropping out of "My Drive" in the future?
The ONLY way to find it was via search. I then noticed that when selecting the file in the list of search results the "Move To..." button changed to "Add to My Drive" I clicked this and the file synced to my PC. Problem solved for this particular file...
However, I need to discover just how many other files are not in "My Drive". The only way that seems to work would be to search for "*.*" and scroll through thousands of results, This is a very daunting prospect - is there an easier method? And how can I prevent files mysteriously dropping out of "My Drive" in the future?
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May be a sync problem on a file, right click on the google drive app and see 'unsyncable files'?0
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Do you mean the Drive icon in the system tray at the right of the taskbar? There is no option to view unsyncable files when right-clicking this.0
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Solved! Very helpful callback from Google agent following request on Drive support webpage. To list all "orphaned" files type
is:unorganized owner:me
into Drive searchbar.0
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