Learn how to use WebDAV for accessing Drive app files in the same way as when accessing local files on your disk.
WebDAV has advantages and disadvantages:
The advantage is the quick and direct access with a file browser e.g. the Windows Explorer.
The disadvantage is that you can only see the current document version. Neither the version history nor additional information, like comments, are displayed.
Warning: If you delete a file with WebDAV, all versions will be lost, not only the current version.
Note: To create objects with WebDAV in a public or shared folder, you need to have at least the following permissions for the respective folder:
create objects, edit own objects.
To also read own objects, you additionally need this permission:
read own objects
Prior to accessing the Drive app files with a file browser, e.g. the Windows Explorer, you have to set up the WebDAV access. Depending on the system software the procedure differs:
Parent topic: Drive