Google Drive is a handy place to store your data, and it comes with a regular Gmail account. You can get more out of it by tying it to Windows File Explorer.

You can even add Google Drive as a drive in File Explorer (on Windows) or Finder (on macOS). It means easier access to everything you have in Google Drive, and a syncing and backup setup that ...

Google's latest 'blend online with offline' trick is automatically opening Google Drive files from the web with your desktop apps.

1] File Explorer options Windows does allow you to open File Explorer to OneDrive. Even not just OneDrive, the feature now works with other cloud storage services like iCloud or Google Drive.

When one of the drives doesn't appear in File Explorer, you can try these troubleshooting steps on Windows 11 to resolve the issue.