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Fix Orphaned Google Drive Folders
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Recently my school cleared my Google Drive for the coming school year and moved the old folders to an archive folder. Unfortunately this archive folder doesn't show up in Google Drive's main list of files because it's an orphan. Currently it can only be accessed via search.

The following script will manually add a parent to any Google Drive folder, even orphaned ones. How to use it:

  • Navigate to the folder you would like to add a parent to. Copy the ID of the folder in the URL. (28 random letters and numbers)
  • Nagivate to https://script.google.com
  • Paste the script
  • Replace [snip] in the script with your folder ID.
  • Save your new Google Script project and give it any name.
  • Click the play button on the new script

fix.js

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function fixDrive() {
var root = DriveApp.getRootFolder()
var archive = DriveApp.getFolderById("[snip]")
root.addFolder(archive)
}
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