I’m a big Google fan and have been using Google Drive for quite a while as a cloud storage device. It’s a breeze, it just shows up as another device in Windows 7. But when I started up my computer this morning it reported “This version of Google Drive is no longer supported. Please install the latest version.” And has no links to get the update. WTH? How do I update Gdrive on my Win7 PC?
For a company that pays so much attention to the user experience, it’s quite surprising that there’s no auto-update feature, not even a link to download the updated software from the Google servers. Then again, Google’s also demonstrated time and again that it expects a certain level of sophistication on the part of its users, and I surmise this is yet another example of that.
Fortunately you have my site to help out, right? 🙂
Let’s start at the beginning. Google Drive (aka “gdrive”) is a simple interface that lets you store and retrieve files on Google’s Internet-based storage network, making it a great way to have photos, docs, etc, instantly available on any device, be it a Mac, PC or mobile device. Logged in from a computer at an Internet café in Bangladesh? You can get to all your Google Drive documents there too.
Install it and all just works. Until you see this:
Yeah, you’ve already seen it, right? This is exactly where you’d expect some sort of update link, but it’s not there. So how do you proceed?
My suggestion: Use Google!
It’s interesting that “gdrive” gets spell corrected to “g drive”, but it’s okay, because the first link is what we want. A click and you’ll need to log in to Google Drive to proceed:
Once you’re logged in close examination of the top navigational bar reveals the link needed to get the latest version of the Google Drive software:
That’s right, click on “Download”, and you’ll be just about ready to proceed:
Lots of different devices supported, that’s a good thing! Click on the Download button immediately under the words “Get Drive for your PC or Mac”, then agree to the terms of service:
A click on the big blue “Accept and Install” and it’ll download the program and once you authorize it to be installed — I love Windows 7 — the program overwrites the previous version of the software and fixes everything up:
Now you can ensure it’s working by going to a File Explorer window. As shown below, Google Drive has returned and again shows me all the files, folders and images on the cloud storage system:
That’s all there is to it. Until the next time Google updates the software!
“you are running an outdated version of google drive. please use the version available.”
I currently am running Windows 10 Pro on a Surface Pro.
The directions suggested by you do ant apply as Google Drive is up to date.
So,
How do I “fix” or “solve” what is causing this notification, as Google Drive has been updated?
Thanks in advance.