Tech Notes :- Making Google Drive Available As A Windows Drive

It is always a  convenience to have your Google Drive available as a drive in your Windows Explorer. Here are the steps to configure your Google Drive in windows and then having it as a drive in your windows explorer

Download Google drive software(Backup and Sync) for Windows from below link

https://www.google.com/drive/download/

Install it and configure the folder to be Synced say E:\Google Drive

Once you select the folder to be synced, the contents of the folder will be synced with google drive

Now download a software called Visual Subt from below link or any trusted link

https://download.cnet.com/Visual-Subst/3055-2248_4-10598834.html?tag=pdl-redir


Launch Visual Subst and then map the folder that you have selected for syncing(say E:\Google Drive) with Google Drive.

Now you should be able to see an additional drive in My Computer which is the local folder synced with Google Drive. It's that simple!