Mount SkyDrive, S3, Google Docs, and Other Cloud Storage in Windows Explorer

Getting Started

Download the free Gladinet Starter edition (link below) and install as normal.

Note that both 32-bit and 64-bit editions are available, so choose the correct one for your system.

During the install youll be given the option to customize Gladinet.

Once its installed, youll need to do some preliminary setup.

pick the bullet at the top to continue using the free starter edition, and click Next.

Gladinet offers a wide variety of online storage accounts that you could add.

Click Next again to continue.

Finally, confirm your prefs, and edit if anything is incorrect.

Click Finish when youre done.

Open Computer and snag the new Z: drive.

Double-smack the SkyDrive link to get started.

key in your Windows Live ID and password in the dialog, and click Next.

Click Finish to get your SkyDrive account linked to your box.

A popup will open making sure you want to load the SkyDrive plugin.

Click Yes to accept and continue.

Gladinet will now mount SkyDrive in your new virtual Z: drive.

This may take several minutes, depending on your internet connection speed.

You may see a popup offering to setup automatic backup to your cloud storage.

Now you’re able to browse the contents of your SkyDrive directly from Explorer!

you could even use native Windows features such as breadcrumb folder selection.

you might access more functions from the right-click menu.

you could add new files by dragging and dropping them into folders in SkyDrive.

This will open a small popup from Gladinet showing the upload progress.

Adding new files may take some time, depending on your internet connection.

If youd rather not see the popups every time, check the box at the bottom of the dialog.

Again, they may take a few moments to open as they must download first.

Do note that SkyDrive only allows you to store files that are up to 50Mb large.

Additional, sycronization tools such as SyncToy did not seem to work with online storage accounts in Gladinet.

snag the storage provider you wish to add from the drop-down list.

Enter the account information for this account.

If youre adding your Google Apps account, slide in your email address and password.

If you havent used this storage service yet, you may be prompted to load the correct plugin.

Click Yes to continue.

After a few moments, your new cloud storage account will open in Explorer.

This is a great way to quickly add new documents to Google Docs, or backup your existing documents.

Heres our new files in our Google Docs account.

Too bad you cant edit the exes source code in the cloud!

Extra Gladinet Features

you’ve got the option to access extra Gladinet features from its tray icon.

Accessing files and folders was often fairly slow, but this will depend on your internet connection.

Still, it was a much more convenient way to manage online storage than web-based interfaces.

It is also a great way to migrate files from one online storage service to another.

Either which edition you choose,

Link

Download Gladinet Storage Starter Edition for free