Ability to add objects to a user's "My Drive"?

[Scott W]

Hi there,

as above I'm wondering if there is a nice way of adding an object - in this case the root folder of a shared file structure - to a set of users without having to get them to click on a sharing link and getting them to add it to their "My Drive"

I see you can do a similar function with adding calendar's to ones list of calendars so there must be some way of doing it.

Cheers

Scott

[Nathan Guenther]

Yes please, such a simple thing that would make so much sense for many users. I don't think it is possible unfortunately. 

[+KimNilsson]

Nathan is right, on both accounts.

[Simon Cheng]

Yes, it is possible. Use the following command:

gam.exe group <GroupToReceiveSharedFolder> update drivefile id <FolderIDToAddToMyDriveOfGroup> parentid root

Reference to the command is here: https://github.com/jay0lee/GAM/wiki/GoogleDriveManagement#updating-drive-files-for-users

The secret to this is that the top folder of a user's drive has id "root".