Hi K Bird. Thanks for the suggestion. When I got back to the thread it was too late.. I bit the bullet and used the bat to uninstall and it worked (Brink .. i did make a restore point but glad to say...

I'm a bit nervous about opt 1 because, - if it turns to custard, - I can't see a google drive icon to uninstall in programmes & feature (on my machine Apps & features).
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I wondered if...

Dear Brink, KBird et al
Back on p5 you kindly guided me down the paths of righteousness and 15 pages on I have to say that if Google ever develop the install that everybody so clearly wants, it's...

I'll check.
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There is a usb port for connecting external storage devices to the Central
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I suggested to Seagate that I remove the drive and format it but they said it would destroy the...

Some time ago I explored permissions in Public.
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I allowed full control
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But when I applied the changes
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The object remains Seagate
If I could change that I'd...

eg I can "change" to Everyone

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But when i try to apply the change I get the error message
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The snag I keep running into is that no other locations are avilable. I've done what you advise but can't get past the only location being the Seagate

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So when I click on advanced I get
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I think I posted something similar above for my "Pine" area", This is for "Oak"

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You can see that as I cant change location I can only "find now" on the Central. My PC administrator...

Hello Brink
I haven't tried this yet. I though I'd give you a bit more info 1st
The "areas" of the Central I'm trying to access appear as network drives
The tutorial says
"The Take Ownership...

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I've tried "everyone" but when I work through the process I get
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I've tried other options too, but I got the same "do not have permission" message.

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/10533d1485949264-change-owner-file-folder-drive-registry-key-windows-10-a-change_owner_select-4.jpg
I tried to explain in the OP that The snag is that...

Seagate Central:
I've had a 4TB Seagate "Central" for a few years and it was cluttered with lots of backups from my old XP setup, which died.
I connected the Central to the new W10 PC (both hard...

Brink
You're a star
I have modified "InitPropertyBag" to E:\Google drive and it has done the trick

From within Word & Excel, Google drive now appears "on the desktop" and I have full access to...

Good afternoon Brink
Are these the values that i should expect to find, - or how they should appear after my modifications?
Given that my Google drive should be on E:\ how should the entries...

Kbird, here's an alternative workaround. In Word/Excel, change Tools>options>default file location to E:\
Then google drive, dropbox, one drive are (or can be) displayed.
I found I can use the...

Brink Sorry should have answered your question properly.. It's not a desktop icon, it's the one created by your registry fix and KBird's path Amendment. (Large icon, new system, not all customisation...

Brink/ KBird
Thanks for the continued interest . I pinned GDrive to Quick Access like KBird suggested.
The properties path for the GDrive in the nav pane AND the path via quick access is the same...

Thanks for getting back KBird
Acrobat was a normal install C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Google drive lives on E:\Google Drive Its a 2TB raid array (C: being system files...

Hi everyone, my 1st post so please be gentle.
Thanks to Brink & Kbird for these instructions.
Feeling very chuffed to get this working.
I can see Google Drive in explorer and all files open...