How to Put the Google Drive Icon on the Taskbar
While the cloud-based storage Google Drive isn't a physical hard drive, it works like one and helps you manage files on and off the Web. After you install the Google Drive desktop app, it adds a Google Drive icon to your system tray. This icon comes in handy because you can click it to open the Google Drive folder quickly. Pin the icon to your Taskbar and you can click it at any time to view the files that reside in your Google Drive folder.
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Download and install the Google Drive application if you don't already have it (see link in Resources).
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Press "Windows-Q" and type "Google Drive" in the "Search" box. Windows finds the Google Drive icon and displays it.
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Right-click that icon and then click "Pin to Taskbar." Press "Windows-D" to show your desktop. The taskbar displays the Google Drive icon.
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- When you add new files to your Google Drive folder, the folder's size increases. Ensure that the total size of the files you add to that folder does not exceed the 5GB limit. If you need additional storage space, you can purchase it by visiting Google’s "Buy Storage" page, logging into your Google account and selecting a storage plan.
- You also have the option to pin the Google Drive icon to the Windows Start screen. Do that by clicking “Pin to Start” instead of clicking “Pin to Taskbar.”
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