Edit Google Drive Preferences when running as a service
Many others have documented how to run Google Drive as a service, but what if you need to edit Google Drive Preferences when it’s running as a service? Here is the procedure:
- Stop GoogleDrive service
- Export key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\GoogleDrive (or whatever you named it)
- After export, delete that key from Registry
- From Start menu, Start GoogleDrive
- Wait for tray icon to appear, then edit Preferences as desired
- From Task Manager, kill both googledrive services
- Import the Registry key you exported earlier
- Start GoogleDrive service
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