You can copy the following script to a txt file and then save it as icon.reg >Run the reg file on your computer >Restart your computer to check if the green tick will display.

You can check this by clicing on the Backup & Sync icon in the system tray. Windows Registry Editor Version Drive Shell Drive Shell Drive Shell with above, delete the one drive entries and then follow The process of switching from Google Drive Backup & Sync to Google Drive File. writes: ' Dear Dennis, I installed Google Drive on my system a while ago but it stopped working I reinstalled the program only to find that Google Drive has been replaced with Google Backup and Sync. Here are the relevant entries from latest windows 10 build (as of 03/2018): Files also appear with this icon if sync. Had to manually recreate the entries to make things work again, didn’t even have to restart anything. Check your sync status 1, Files with Sync havent been uploaded to Drive yet and are currently being processed. Turned out the entries are like all wiped out from the registry for no reason (happened to two separate computers), probably after a recent windows/drive client update (don’t know which one) Once completed, access your files in the Google Drive folder on your computer by selecting the Backup and Sync icon, then clicking the folder icon in the upper-right part of the Backup and Sync. Mine didn’t go over the 15-limit but the drive overlays still won’t show.

Google drive sync icon