Google Drive not syncing - how to manage

1. Google Drive (GD) not syncing - How to manage  Lately, the files in PC GD are NOT syncing automatically with cloud GD. Possibly, there is a software conflict or Version problem. Sync does not work at all in spite of all varied attempts.  Though the Google GD Support Forum says that syncing of files can be done by various methods, but none of these methods really work to achieve syncing of files between the cloud GD and the GD folder in PC. The files must now be uploaded manually & individually into cloud GD, which is quite cumbersome & time consuming.  The GD folder in the PC may have now lost its relevance. We can upload any file from anywhere in the PC into the cloud GD.  The uploaded file will always appear in the root directory of cloud GD. It must be subsequently shifted / moved to the desired folder of cloud GD.  For opening, viewing, downloading, moving & closing a file = Cloud GD has its own Lumin PDF viewer, which can open PDF & Word files for viewing, but it cannot edit PDF files. Select the desired file & double click it to open it for viewing. The downloaded or moved to another folder by selecting the appropriate button at the top right. The opened file can be closed by clicking on the (back) arrow on top left.  Sign in & Open the Gmail. Then click on the (Google Apps) symbol on right top. It is a square made with many dots. From the pull down menu, select / click the Google drive symbol to open cloud GD.  For uploading files : Click on (My Drive) button to get a pull down menu…… click upload files..… The explorer window will open. We can select any file from any folder of the PC. Now click open to commence the uploading process…..  A popup window will appear on the right bottom, which will show that the file uploading is in progress. It will also show the balance time to complete the upload process.  We can select as many files as we want, & then select open to start uploading of all of them together. We can even start uploading one file and may add many additional files for uploading one after another.  When the upload of a file is complete, it will be marked with a tick in a circle against the name of that file, & the file name will also appear in the root directory. The popup window can be closed by clicking on the X mark at top right. opened file can be

2.  For Moving files within cloud GD: For moving a file from GD root directory to a Folder of GD – Click / select the desired file to get it highlighted…. Right click… select (Move to…) from the pullout Menu….List of My Drive folders will now appear…. Select the desired folder into which to move the file….click the (Move) button at the bottom….. The file gets shifted immediately in no time at its proper alphabetical order place in the desired folder. Now click anywhere in the screen to come out of this Menu.  For Moving files within cloud GD : Another method for moving a file = select the file to get it highlighted… Click on (More actions) with symbol of 3 vertical dots on top right hand row… Select (Move to) from the pull down Menu… select the folder to move to…. we may have to click the right arrow before words (My drive) to show the list of all folders in GD… click MOVE button to result in moving file  For downloading a filefrom cloud GD = open the GD folder…. Click / Select the desired file, it will get highlighted… Right click to get the pull down menu… select the download symbol…The files downloaded from cloud GD will always appear in the (Download) folder, as in case of any other downloaded file. We can also download a file by selecting the file & getting the pull down menu by Clicking on (More actions) with symbol of 3 vertical dots on top right hand row… Select (download) from the pull down Menu.. The downloading process commences immediately.  For deleting a file from cloud GD = select the file by highlighting it… Right click to get a pull down menu… select (Remove) button at the extreme bottom… clicking it will immediately remove / delete the file from cloud GD.  Closing cloud GD = After completing work in cloud GD, we must close it by signing off. Select the circle symbol at top right to get the pull down menu… click on (Sign out) to close the cloud GD.