Google Drive (Gdrive) Login

1. Login to the QB Server via Remote Desktop Connection.

2. Push the start button and find the Google Drive app. Click on it.

3. The first time you do this, It will run you through a few introductory screens to show you around as you’re logging in.

4. — If this is your very FIRST time logging in, you may also be thrown into a first time web browser tour. Feel free to keep the defaults, click “browse without syncing”, and click through the process. This browser tour is unrelated to the Gdrive setup, even though it mentions things about syncing, etc. —

5. During the Gdrive tour, you may click on “skip” if it’s available, or just click continue, and keep all default items selected.

6. Once you’re completed with this process, you can open File Explorer (yellow folder at bottom of the screen) and you’ll see a Google Drive (X:) drive. — your drive letter may change from time to time, that’s ok.

7. Your Gdrive will stay logged in and you normally will not have to re-login to Gdrive each time you access the server.

8. Open that drive letter and explore a bit to find your files. It will probably be in the “other computers” folder, the choose “My Laptop”, and then you’ll probably see your files. — this is all approximate, depending on how you’ve already setup your Gdrive on your computer.

9. Once you find your files, you can save your QB reports to the desktop, then drag and drop any reports that you’ve saved from QuickBooks into your Gdrive folder. Also you can even save the reports directly to your Gdrive from QB.

10. Again, your Gdrive should stay logged in and you normally will not have to re-login to Gdrive. However, if it’s not logged in — you don’t see a “Google Drive (X:)” (or alternate drive letter) —, click the Start Menu, find Google Drive app, and click it to start the app and login process. It may not even ask you to formally login, it'll just open and you'll be logged in. Then check again for your Gdrive drive and drive letter.