

Open the Windows Security app and select Virus & threat protection.Open the start menu and search for Windows Security.To check if the anti-virus is causing the issue, you can disable it.įollow these steps to disable the Windows defender. This causes the Drive stream to stop working. Sometimes, the anti-virus software on your PC may recognize Google Drive stream as a malicious software and block it. If these fixes don’t work for you, you can try these other fixes. These general fixes work for a lot of misbehaving apps, so it will be easier for you to try them beforehand. Then, you can also try relaunching the app and restarting your PC. How to Fix Drive File Stream Not Working?īefore moving forward to the other fixes, it’s best to check your internet connection and make sure you have free space in your drive. It can happen for several reasons and some of them are listed below. Click the ‘Sign In’ button and sign in with your Danebank email address and password, and you should be able to access your G drive again once you have successfully signed in.There is no specific common cause for Drive file Stream not working. On both Windows and Mac, when you click on the icon you should see a blue sign in button as below which means Google Drive File Stream isn’t logged in properly.

Problem B: My Google Drive icon is there, but when i click on it it says ‘Sign In’

You should then see the file stream Icon appear in your taskbar and your G drive should be accessible again. On Mac, open the finder and click ‘applications’, then double click ‘Google Drive File Stream’ You should then see the Drive File Stream Icon appear in your task bar after a few seconds, in which case your G drive should be accessible again. On Windows, click on the windows menu in the bottom left corner, scroll down to applications beginning with D and click on ‘Drive File Stream’. Problem A: My Google Drive icon is missing from the taskbar If your problem isn’t detailed anywhere below, please contact with a detailed description of your issue. Please review the below problems that you might notice at step 2 above and follow the steps relating to your problem. On Windows, click the small arrow icon near your clock to see your task bar as shown below:ģ. If you can see it, click on it and see if it has a blue ‘Sign in’ clearly visible, and if so, scroll down to Problem B below. If you can’t see it, scroll down to Problem A below. If the G drive is missing, firstly check that you can see the icon for Google File Stream in your task bar. In your computer’s folders, you should see the G Drive as on option in the left hand column.Ģ. Sometimes Google File Stream stops syncing your G drive / google drive files for various reasons – the below outlines some steps to get it back to normal.ġ.
