Power automate desktop how to get files from google drive

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Hi All,

I have to download files from google drive, is there is any option to do that.

Other than this https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/googledrive-connect-power-automate-desktop.rst

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Ahammad Riyaz

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Have a locally mapped folder of the Google Drive folders and access the location from PAD.

Other than that the only feasible options seems to be using Cloud Flows.

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How to locally access files in PAD.

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Hi @Ahammad_Riyaz, that is exactly I was referring to.

For the Google drive folders you can have a corresponding local mapped drive of your machine eg; C:\Save GFiles here\

And then access this location via PAD as a normal folder. With automatic sync On they will work fine.

If you are not allowed to map this then I can't think of a normal way via Desktop Flows.

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Would this be a process you could move to cloud? Power Automate has a Google Drive connector Google Drive - Connectors | Microsoft Learn

If PAD is the desired way, then the Sync client for Google Drive to have a local folder like @VJR mentioned or the Google Drive website would be the easiest route if you didn't want to do the SQL method.

Give Cloud Flow a look and see if it has what you need as this may be simpler there.

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Hi @Jamar_Forsythe ,

Cloud i cant download it into local folder, even inn cloud dynamic is also not possible. May i know how to sync files into local folder from google drive.

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Download - Google Drive

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The option 1 mentioned here How to Auto Sync Local Folder to Google Drive: 2 Easy Ways (cbackup.com)

or Use Google Drive for desktop - Google Drive Help

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