How to change the names of the Syncdocs sub-folders

By default, Syncdocs creates some folders in your Google Drive folder. These folders are:

• OriginalsBackup – this stores backups of any files that are converted to Google Docs format. Google can destroy some formatting in Word and Excel, so original files are kept here as a a backup. The backup of your Google contacts list is also kept here.
• DirectUploads – files uploaded from the Windows Explorer context menu via right clicking on a file and selecting “Upload to Google Drive” are put here.
• Public Share – files shared via right clicking on them are put here.

These folder names can be changed, but you’ll need to edit the Syncdocs settings file to do it. Here’s how:

The settings are stored in the file appsettings.xml which is typically in the folder c:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Syncdocs\

Change the folder name settings.
1. Exit Syncdocs.
2. Edit one of the following fields to the folder names that you want. (You can edit the appsettings.xml file in Notepad or any other text editor).
  <DirectUploadSubDir>DirectUploads\</DirectUploadSubDir>
  <SharingSubDir>Public Share\</SharingSubDir>
  <BackupPath1>D:\tmp\OriginalsBackup\</BackupPath1>
  <BackupPathMerge>D:\tmp\OriginalsBackup\MergeTemp\</BackupPathMerge>

3. Re-run it Syncdocs.

Future versions of Syncdocs will make the creation of these folders optional, so they don’t clutter your Google Drive root folder.