Google released
a basic application for Windows that lets you upload files to Google Docs by using drag and drop. The application is more like a sample for
Google Docs API, but it's pretty useful if you want to upload a lot of documents. There's also an option to add "Send to Google Docs" to the contextual menu so you can upload files directly from Windows Explorer.
The application can be downloaded from
this URL and requires
.NET Framework 2.0.
Another way to upload more files at once is to send them to the email address displayed on
this page, but this only works with documents and presentations and there are some restrictions regarding the size of the uploaded files: for example, you can send by email only presentations smaller than 500 KB. Google Toolbar for Firefox also has a feature that lets you
open files in Google Docs.
Labels: Google Docs
said on January 24, 2008 4:03 PM PDT:
Great, but I find OpenOffice.org@GoogleDocs http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ooo2gd even better...
With this application, can I upload *.doc and *.xls files bigger than 1 mb?
Thank you.
No, you can't upload bigger files. You could remove the images from your documents, the embedded objects or copy the entire content of the document and paste it in Google Docs.
Jyvyn said on January 25, 2008 6:19 PM PDT:
Kinda slow, as it locks up Windows Explorer when uploading. Nonetheless, still way faster than uploading every file by hand. Thanks for the link. I've uploaded most of my xls and docs. If only Google had a way for me to say "These two are the same project, just different versions: My_Essay_v1.doc My_Essay_v2.doc"
Though I imagine Google doesn't care about people getting their documents onto their service. (hint hint)
Ephilei said on January 28, 2008 8:13 PM PDT:
Nice, but still not nearly as nice as Google's homemade but hidden uploader, DocsFS that runs on Google's most underrated and under-utilized MacFuse. Any idea if or when they'll actually relase DocsFS?
Ionut, you didn't mention that this month, Google released a new version of MacFuse with objectiveC and two more filesystems for MacFuse, AccesibilityFS and GrabFS.
Arcrest said on July 23, 2008 2:28 AM PDT:
i hope there will be a Google Docs Downloader for batch downloading. It would be even better if Google Docs would add this feature. It should be easy, i think..
Gypsy said on August 26, 2008 8:04 AM PDT:
It would be nice if it could sync modification date as well.... so that if I just want to archive a bunch of stuff that has been sitting in MyDocs for a while but I don't want it at the top of my list because thats the stuff I'm working on it would move it down based on last modified from my HD.
cmisak said on December 18, 2008 11:54 PM PDT:
is there any chance this will support PDF uploads anytime soon. Also a Google Doc Sync would be awesome. I'm still in the transition period of using my desktop HD and using 100% Google docs mainly because when i scan a document I can't just save it where i want (with Google Docs). I have to Scan>Save on HD>Drag and Drop to Google Account. Not the end of the world but i would rather it just do it by defining which folders to look at.
said on March 4, 2009 9:05 AM PDT:
I'd love to see a way to move batch docs between Google accounts
PaulJNye said on March 5, 2009 6:49 PM PDT:
I would like to move all my gmail docs to my google apps docs account. Any ideas?
Vasu said on May 16, 2009 12:08 AM PDT:
the application failed to initilize properly (ox0000135). Click on Ok to terminate the application
download said on June 13, 2009 7:57 AM PDT:
yes, i have same problem with vasu,
How i use this uploader?
Zo5o said on June 19, 2009 9:34 AM PDT:
any luck on adding pdf support?
said on July 14, 2009 1:23 PM PDT:
Try this tool - made to solve these issues http://www.cloudhero.com
said on July 23, 2009 10:09 PM PDT:
Interesting, works great, until you try and upload! X64 Windows 7
KJ said on October 28, 2009 9:09 PM PDT:
I cannot get http://code.google.com/p/google-docs-upload/ to work. I download the file, double click the file, it opens for a split second and disappears. I do have Java 1.6. Any thoughts?
Anton said on October 29, 2009 9:13 PM PDT:
KJ, this is a console application, which means that you have to run it from the command line. To do is in Windows choose Start -> Run > type "cmd" and press Enter. Then type:
java -jar <path1>google-docs-upload-1.2.jar <path2> --recursive
Where <path1> has to be replaced with the folder path where the jar file is located, and <path2> has to be replaced with the path to the folder that you want to upload. For example:
java -jar C:\google-docs-upload-1.2.jar C:\folder_to_upload\ --recursive
