If not, you need to convert video to a different format. Check out the list to make sure yours is included in it. Google Drive supports the most popular video formats, but not all. Are you joining multiple videos and uploading them to Drive? Crazy. Video file size is capped at 5TB, and while that is way too generous for 99.99% of the users, you may be an exception. There is also a possibility that the video file is corrupt and that’s why Google Drive throws ‘This video cannot be played’ error. Higher resolution videos won’t play inside Google Drive. What is the resolution of the video stored or shared in Google Drive? That’s important because Google Drive supports video resolution up to 1920×1080 only. Google uses file hashing to find and block such content. If you are trying to play a pirated video, Google may have banned/removed/blocked it. That’s just wrong, and Google will delete it sooner or later. Before you begin the installation process, please close all background applications to ensure that all files are installed successfully.Several users rely on Google Drive to upload and share pirated content. Google Drive may not start if the installation process is interrupted in any way. If none of the above troubleshooting methods are available, reinstall Google Drive.

Scroll down and click Run next to Program Compatibility Troubleshooter.

Run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter

Relaunch the application solution if Drive for Desktop cannot be launched.

Click Start and search for Task Manager.Please disable your antivirus program temporarily and check if the issue is resolved or not.

Verification of Can’t start Google Drive is fixed.įor security reasons, antivirus software may prevent Google Drive from starting on Windows 11.Click Start and search for Google Drive.Press Shift + Delete to permanently delete all files.Press CTRL + A to select all the contents of the folder.Type %LOCALAPPDATA%GoogleDriveFS and press Enter.

Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog box.Read How to Fix ‘Freezing Issues’ on Windows 10 Clear app cache

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