I just went through this. You can use a symbolic link to move the cache directory for google drive file stream.
Tutorial here.. https://imgur.com/a/cjScs Gerard On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 8:33 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Yes, if you are a Google Drive user you will get nagged to change. > > You have two options: > > Backup and Sync > - or - > Google Drive File Stream > > You do NOT want the latter. It forces your Google Drive on to C: and > hides it and will not allow you to move it to other drives. > > I did not realize there were two totally different products they were > trying to get everyone to migrate to. The nag screen just says the legacy > Google Drive will stop working sometime this year. > > So, I uninstalled File Stream, had to search the C drive for files > modified today, found where it hid the files and am now deleting about 130 > GB of files. > > At least my old Google Drive contents on D: are still there and I > re-downloaded Backup and Sync and it is now bringing that up to sync rather > than a full transfer. > > *From:* Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Thursday, March 1, 2018 4:51 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT google file stream > > Everything I have I sync. All copies on all devices (including Google) are > the same. > > Well, for Google Drive. Maybe they have something new now. Product ADD. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *ch...@wbmfg.com > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Thursday, March 1, 2018 4:41:10 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] OT google file stream > > I made the mistake of switching from backup and sync to google file > stream. It wants to put local content on the C drive only. > > If you have not made the switch, I would recommend against it. I am > trying to undo this. > >
