Google Drive will become unavailable for some PCs very soon

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Starting this August, the Google Drive app will no longer work on some PCs, which will prevent you from syncing your files with the online storage service. Fortunately, there is a trick to work around the problem.


You have become accustomed to synchronizing some of your files on your PC's hard drive with your Google Drive online space, which provides you with 15 GB free of charge. A good idea for keeping precious files in a safe place and ensure you can get your hands on it from any computer or connected device. But beware : from this month of August 2023, Google is changing its rules regarding Google Drive, its dedicated app, which automatically synchronizes for you. Just as the firm had already ended support for its Chrome browser for versions 7, 8 and 8.1 of Windows last February (since version 109), its Google Drive application will no longer work on PCs with Windows 8. , Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012. Worse still, as Google states on its support page, the sync app will also not work on all 32-bit editions of Windows, including Windows 10 ! A heavy blow for all users of old PCs who run with these old versions of Windows and who cannot upgrade to newer versions.


How do I continue to access Google Drive without the app ?

To continue sending files to your Google Drive space and recovering them, Google therefore invites you, if possible, to upgrade your edition of Windows to a compatible version, namely Windows 10 in 64-bit version or Windows 11, which does exists only in 64-bit version. However, if this development is not possible – not all PCs that are a bit old are unfortunately compatible with Windows 11 – there is still a fallback solution. Indeed, in his note the editor specifies that Google Drive is still accessible from a Web browser – Chrome, of course, but also Firefox, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi or even Opera, for example. All you have to do is go to the management page of your Google Drive space. From there, once logged in to your Google account, you can access all your files stored in the cloud, send new ones (just drag them into the window) or recover them by downloading them. A solution certainly much less practical than automatic synchronization with the Drive application, but which has the merit of working on any computer through a web browser.


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