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Task Wizard: Browse a folder of Google Drive

Browse a folder in Google Drive

(1). Select "Google Drive" in the "File System" list.

If you have not got an account, you can click "Sign in Google Drive, 5GB online storage for free" link to apply a Google Account.

(2). Setup the parameters for connecting to Google Drive.

Use http Proxy:

If the local computer is behind a firewall or NAT, usually the computer needs the proxy to connect to the Google Drive.

If this option is checked at the first time, the "http Proxy" dialog box will be popped up for setup up the http proxy server.

(3). After set up the parameters above, press "OAuth2 Login" button.

The "OAuth2 Login" dialogbox pops up, please input Google Account (an email address) and password to login Google Drive, allow BestSync to access your Google Drive.

If login Google Drive successfully, Access granted, please press "Close" button to end the dialogbox. is displayed in the dialogbox.

Press "Close" button to close the dialogbox.

*In case you see "Please install WebView2 Runtime" message on the screen, please download and install the WebView2 runtime first. Here is the microsoft link for download WebView2
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/

(4). Press "Go" button to refresh the file tree.

BestSync lists all the folders in Google Drive, and display the folders in the file tree.

For synchronizing Google Photo by BestSync, user can just setup Google Drive.
There is an option “Add Google Photo to Google Drive” in the setting of Google Drive, after select it, “Google Photo” folder appears in Google Drive, and BestSync can synchronize with the folder.

The log window below the file tree logs all the commands sent to the Google Drive, and responses from the Google Drive.
If the connection between BestSync and Google Drive can not be established successfully, please check the log.

(5). Select the folder in the file tree for synchronization.

(6). Click "OK"button to end the dialog box


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