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Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error samwtheck 4/27/12 1:25 PM While Google Drive (Windows 7 x64) was syncing a lot of files, it stopped with the following error: "Sorry, Google Drive needs to quit. An unknown issue occurred and Google Drive needs to quit. Error: PRIMARY KEY must be unique If you see this error
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Himanshu V 4/27/12 2:05 PM Can you restart your client and follow the steps bellow to send us a log file? - Press the Shift key and open the Google Drive menu - Select "Enable diagnostic mode." - Click Start logging. - Reproduce the problem you experienced (Click ''Retry al
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Buravchik 4/27/12 10:00 PM Same happens with me. Here is log:Here is part of log:2012-04-28 08:34:02,996 1056:LocalFSPoller   common.local_watcher:898 LocalFSPoller first pass started. Waiting for localWatcher to start watching.2012-04-28 08:34:02,996 4904:Worker-1        logg
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error stephenm00 4/28/12 10:19 AM Im getting this as well!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error RiceyB 4/28/12 9:00 PM I got his too. Do I need to send my logs?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error rlsayre 4/29/12 8:20 AM Same thing happens to me. I have run through diagnostic mode yet, but in my case it appears to have something to do with similar filenames inside one directory. I believe that one application I have executes the following steps when you "save" the f
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Papa Bear 4/29/12 1:28 PM <This message has been deleted.>
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error mentalist 4/30/12 9:57 PM Same problem here on XP
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Shannon Poole 5/1/12 5:58 AM I am having the same issue. I attempted to do the diagnostic log but when the error occurs I can no longer press the Send report to Google button because it forces me to click the close button. This has happened three times now and I had to reconnect
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error mathewfoster 5/1/12 6:01 AM I am getting the Primary Key must be unique error as well. Report ID - ED46136B61E0517A
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error mathewfoster 5/1/12 6:11 AM 2012-05-01 07:51:48,000 47608:MainThread      logging:1473 OS: Windows/6.1.7601-SP12012-05-01 07:51:48,002 47608:MainThread      logging:1473 Google Drive (build 1.0.2960.1377)2012-05-01 07:51:52,493 44664:CloudWatcher    common.cloud_watcher:193 Got
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Teddy.ind 5/1/12 6:43 AM I tried creating an eclipse workspace in Google Drive and tested with a project.Google Drive has been unable to keep up with the continuous creation of multiple versions!I plan to switch on googledrivesync after closing Eclipse, so that files can be
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Shannon Poole 5/1/12 7:10 AM I was also using a Google Drive folder as an eclipse workspace. It was working fine for a couple of days but then I started receiving errors. You're right it must have trouble keeping up with the built-in version control in eclipse.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error eberdinis 5/1/12 9:20 PM Same problem with PRIMARY KEY must be unique. Logging won't work either because I can't send the report unless the ERROR window is closed -- doing this closes the logging window as well. I am also currently working on several eclipse projects that ar
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error gm10 5/2/12 5:12 AM Same problem with PRIMARY KEY after sync has been completed. Was recommended to disconnect, which I did. Now I can't sign in 'coz Google Drive is expected to be empty. Report ID 6A2E5291B8A0E599
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Xero88 5/2/12 5:55 AM Same for me, I'm using Eclipse too, the issue must come from this.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error mathewfoster 5/2/12 6:18 AM I am NOT using Eclipse and still getting this error.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error fabianoo 5/2/12 12:30 PM Same problem... and I do use Eclipse. Once I removed the workspace from Google Drive, it worked out.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error cyc115 5/2/12 8:52 PM so it's eclipse that's causing this problem ?!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error mathewfoster 5/3/12 5:48 AM Not exclusive to eclipse. I am not using eclipse. I have my google drive folder on my secondary partitioned hard drive and get this same error.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error dertut 5/3/12 8:45 AM Still the same Problem here with " PRIMARY KEY must be unique". I have some portable Apps in my shared space. Any Idea how to solve the problem? best regards!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Papa Bear 5/3/12 9:19 AM @mathewfoster I see in your log:
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error gforsi 5/4/12 4:49 AM Same here. I am using LiberKey with approx. 55.000 files. One app, for example is Chrome. Consequently, while using Chrome and Gdrive is active it trys to sync temporary files generated by Chrome. Some files cannot be synced, because they are locked.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error edu67 5/5/12 2:41 AM Same problem with W7 x64...
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error stephenm00 5/5/12 8:25 AM Im getting this problem if I run Sickbeard on my google drive, if I take it out it works fine. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Giorgi Shonia 5/6/12 6:03 PM same error, w7 x64 very bumpy start on number of occasions. I'm out of this product, back to Dropbox
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error quads17 5/6/12 7:10 PM Having the same problem when syncing a lot of pictures. hope this gets a resolutions soon...
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error haplessg00n 5/7/12 2:53 PM I found a fix for eclipse at least. It was hitting a wall when trying to sync the recorded data usage files. For me these were located at  F:\Google Drive\Workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.epp.usagedata.recording I turned off data collection
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Saša Gošović 5/7/12 9:45 PM Save problem here. Windows XP x86. It occurred when I backup files from synced folder (with backup software). Then I must leave account and sign again. So far it works ok. When I backup, i will shutdown sync.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error ranger203 5/8/12 4:19 AM Same here, I bought Google Drive to keep an online backup of my Pictures (~30 GB), and I just started syncing last night.  I moved all my pictures into the google drive folder and it crashed at 9% synced.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error ScottTromley 5/8/12 6:22 AM For what it's worth I got the same error in OS X after syncing like 135,000 files or so.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error ohioguy67 5/11/12 6:46 AM I am having the exact same problem with several large MS Excel files that are in my Drive whenever I save them after editing.  In my case, Excel creates temporary file(s) during the save process, those are getting uploaded and then deleted from the D
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error brianhaddock 5/11/12 9:47 AM Getting the same "primary key must be unique" error here.  I am on Windows 7 64-bit.  Running Google Drive on 3 different computers and 2 Android devices.  Only one computer is experiencing the problem (my primary server).  It started after I moved a
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Alrokayan 5/13/12 7:31 PM Same issue here :(
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error will.j.richardson 5/14/12 9:11 AM Does anyone know how often new releases will be released for google drive? Does it update itself or does it need to be downloaded again? I am getting this error too, I've uploaded 51 GB with 35 GB to go. I do not want to disconnect my account as I th
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error pilottrent 5/14/12 9:24 AM For myself, this has become a limiting factor in using Google Drive.   When I keep having google drive crash with the "primary key" error and the only solution being disconnect the account,  that doesn't work for me.   Uploading 25 gigs over and over
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error wholeeo 5/14/12 2:03 PM Hi folks, Thanks for identifying this issue for us. We're investigating now and will circle back when we need more information. Please send us your Report ID if you haven't already done so. Talk soon, Julio
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Chris Long 5/14/12 10:00 PM Same problem (Windows 7 x64) - report ID: B5E3D07947930D62
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error simes1960 5/15/12 2:45 AM I have the same problem - "Primary Key Must Be Unique".  The crash happens every time I start Google drive, sometimes almost immediately.  I suspect it is to do with duplicate or near-duplicate filenames.  Several new files are created in my local fo
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error will.j.richardson 5/15/12 9:43 AM Same problem (Windows 7 x64) - report ID: 578F214713CF2B98.  Google Drive version: 1.0.2975.8828
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Chris Long 5/15/12 12:45 PM If you click 'Disconnect Account' then the crash window should close without also closing the log report window, which then lets you click 'Send Report to Google'. (Of course disconnecting your account will mean you need to download all of your Googl
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error xlnja 5/15/12 9:58 PM I moved the location of "My Documents" to Google Drive.  It contains over 30GB, and the entire folder synced to Google Drive without any problem a couple of weeks ago. However, in the last few days I started getting the PRIMARY KEY error.  For awhile
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error will.j.richardson 5/16/12 6:41 AM Julio, Do you have an update for us on this issue? I do not want to disconnect my account and I still can't synchronize the rest of the files I want too because of this error. Thanks,Will
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Theleme 5/16/12 7:18 AM no idea if this will help, but I always find after Quitting following a "Primary Key" failure that there is a file in the Google Drive PC folder with the same name as one recently saved but with " [conflict]" appended to the file name.  If I delete t
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error will.j.richardson 5/16/12 9:23 AM I removed the conflict files (I had 15 conflicts on the same file). Started and same error. I then removed conflict and the original file and it is synchronizing again. So after the files are done, I'll try that file again. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error echancrure 5/16/12 11:44 PM Same here, and disconnected Google Drive as per pop up advice after primary error (which I think I did before with no problems) but the effect seems to have changed: I now have to download all my files again : 60812 of them.In addition it did not syn
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error simes1960 5/17/12 2:07 AM Thanks for the advice re. disconnecting the account to obtain the report id.  However I am trying to avoid the need to download all the files again because I have over 1Gb of them and am on a capped-download broadband plan!  So I hope others' reports
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Warwick H. 5/17/12 3:09 PM Same issue here. On a Mac.  I seem to get the issue when using Autocad for Mac.  I have disconnected, downloaded again, and the problem continues. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error GooglePanda 5/19/12 11:19 AM Same issue on Windows 7 Ultimate. Happened after trying to sync a small PDF
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error GooglePanda 5/19/12 11:24 AM It has been a really long time and no fix yet... 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error websea 5/19/12 10:49 PM This application isn't stable enough. I'll use it when will be more mature. I was very enthusiastic when I found Google Drive App, because it seemed that is the solution to my multiple work pc's.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Brausmith 5/20/12 12:57 AM Julio, there is no way to obtain a Report ID. I enter diagnostics mode and then start it, then when the error occurs it has focus and I can't submit the log.This error for me occurs just after scanning the web when it says that the sync is complete.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error brianhaddock 5/20/12 8:06 AM I'm seeing the same problem on Windows 7 64-bit.  I disconnected and redownloaded all files (almost 80GB worth - takes 2-3 days - ouch) and it worked ok for a few days and then started again.  I believe the last time it happened I was running Quicken
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error GooglePanda 5/20/12 8:27 AM This is how it happened to me and how I avoided the Disconnect.  - a matter of luck. 1. I hover over the Drive icon and noticed that it said two unsyncable files, click it, and choose to view those files. There were only two, and they were easy to re
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Brausmith 5/20/12 3:53 PM Well done with those investigative skills!As I read step 7 it struck me that I did something just before the error. So I went to the folder I suspected and I too had the same [conflict] named files. I tried deleting the conflict but it didn't work. S
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error GooglePanda 5/20/12 4:06 PM Glad to help. I do hope Google looks at what is causing these [conflict] files and a fix is found. :)
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Ayush Sharma 5/21/12 10:08 AM Here's another Report ID: 3A36470E9794D84B Hope this helps. It seems to be happening when I have two computers signed in on the same Wi-Fi connection. A
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error wholeeo 5/21/12 10:53 AM Hi all, I've reached out to some of you offline to grab more information. We're still working on a fix - will report back once we have more. Sorry about the trouble here, this should be resolved soon. Best, Julio
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error brianhaddock 5/23/12 6:16 PM Found the problem on my scenario.  The OFXLOG.DAT Quicken files.  On my local machine they had unique names generated with (1), (2), etc. in the file name.  On Google Drive Web there were the same files with identical names (no (1), (2), etc. appende
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Doug T. 5/24/12 10:05 AM This was exactly my problem as well.  Thanks!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error xlnja 5/24/12 11:18 AM Quicken appears to be a common culprit for this error.  I also had the same problem with the OFXLOG.DAT Quicken file.  That was the only file in my Google Drive folder that had a duplicate with the suffix, "[conflict]".  On Google Drive on the web, t
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error echancrure 5/25/12 12:17 AM Eclipse is the problem with me when my workspace is part of my Google Drive and I am working on it, PRIMARY KEY error is generated and I get conflict files in the .metadata folder such as:.bak_0.log.bak_0[Conflict 1].log.bak_0[Conflict].log  After cl
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error echancrure 5/25/12 12:21 AM Update, the error is not gone ... it says the sync is complete but the pop up warning about Primary Key error is also generated and I have to close the client again. As per previous posts, removing some of the conflict files will probably solve the p
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error juneeighteen 5/25/12 10:37 AM Just to chime in - I too am seeing the same issue on a Server 2008 R2 64-bit machine, but only when using Eclipse IDE and my workspace is on the Google Drive.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error the_roggy 5/26/12 9:34 AM It's a pity this takes a rather long time to solve... while the solution seems easy (at first sight)... as there are 1) reports of people having files renamed that contain brackets: everything between brackets is stripped2) primary key errors... Addi
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error DKnow 5/27/12 4:19 PM I have the same problem. Pausing the drive before working with Excel files seems to successfully workaround the problem. This problem and the error messages you get makes it impossible for me to recommend Google Drive to my less technical friends. (
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error TMZU 5/30/12 7:02 AM I also have this problem on two different accounts for two different computers. I haven't even gotten to use it, it has this problem almost immediately. Disconnecting and reconnecting the account doesn't help like it suggests and causes trouble. The
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error manunkind 6/1/12 3:36 PM Same issue here on Windows 7.  "An unknown issue occurred and Google Drive needs to quit. Error: PRIMARY KEY must be unique".  Today, it won't stay open at all.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error @missedbeat 6/2/12 12:18 PM I had the Primary Key error three weeks ago and have not been able to log back into Google Drive since. Whenever I try it believes I am trying to set-up a new account and ignores the 30GB already uploaded! Peter H
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error stevenroose 6/2/12 2:04 PM It seems to me that when I just click "Learn more" that Drive can sync along without problems :)
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error jseemann 6/3/12 6:11 AM Add another one to the list.  Seems to happen about every other day.  A reboot usually resolves it, though once I had to disconnect and resync - an immensely frustrating process.  I too moved the location of "My Documents" to Google Drive.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Tobbev 6/5/12 8:24 AM Same error here. Bought 100GB storage yesterday and I'm trying to upload my 20GB of Photos. Really really frustrating. Money down the drain?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error DKnow 6/5/12 10:48 AM I think the issue is fixed since Version 1.1.3019.0542 of Google Drive. I've had no crashes of the Drive software and no manual intervention to correct issues. I have seen a few spreadsheet files that were rapidly modified and saved cause some files
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error @missedbeat 6/5/12 10:50 AM I am afraid not, that is the version I a trying to use and have not been able to connect too since the 14th May!! Peter H
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error gdrive user 6/9/12 9:53 AM hello,same happens to me, i've found files with same name in google drive web folder, i've delete the duplicates and gdrive has returned to life.PLEASE Google inc. DO something for the file naming,thank you
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baespey 6/9/12 3:08 PM Thanks for the update Julio. I think you were the one working with me. I'm sorry I've been so frustrated, it's just that I've lost probably 50 hours of wasting time trying to troubleshoot, upload, redownload and it's just driving me crazy. I have abo
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error simes1960 6/11/12 12:47 AM Has there been an update?  Where is it, please?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baespey 6/11/12 7:01 AM There's not an update and probably won't be one for a few weeks. Google knows about it, I really think they just don't know how to fix it.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baespey 6/11/12 7:18 AM <This message has been deleted.>
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baespey 6/11/12 7:19 AM The same kept happening to me and I could actually replicate it. The main problem, I believe, is it can't upload due to a duplicate file. The key is to find that file and get to it before it crashes. Because if it crashes, you can't see what files co
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error EvilMoe 6/18/12 12:52 PM I have the same problem. Any solution?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baespey 6/18/12 1:29 PM There's no solution. Google knows about it, but it will be a few weeks before anything is fixed. It's typically due to a duplicate file. If you read my last post, that should help you in at least identifying the troubled file. Get that out of there a
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error stephenm00 6/18/12 6:44 PM Actually I had this problem fairly frequently but haven't gotten it since I upgraded to Google Drive 1.2.3101.4994. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error roeygoro 6/18/12 9:55 PM Google! Please help!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error wholeeo 6/19/12 6:09 AM Hey folks,  Thanks for your continued patience here. We're still debugging the issue and are attempting a fix. I will report back once we know more.  Talk soon, Julio
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baespey 6/19/12 6:58 AM Yes Google's aware of it, but give them time. Keep in mind, Google Drive is still in it's initial stage of deployment. Just because Dropbox and SkyDrive don't have a primary key error doesn't mean they never did. They have years ahead of Google. But
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error georgiecasey 6/19/12 8:54 AM Agreed, I came here to rant about this problem but 300megs has just successfully synced as of version 1.2.3101.4994.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Online Department 6/28/12 2:52 AM Same problem here in our office. We use drive on our Google Apps account with 6 users. The same message appears on multiple accounts / computers. Since we don't have a local server we really need this issue to be solved as soon as possible. My partne
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error OC_Com 6/30/12 5:31 AM Google Drive crashes about 20 times a work day.Still waiting for a solution.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error GooglePanda 6/30/12 3:53 PM Ugh! My laptop now has the issue... This is getting old. I'm really getting tired of Google slow response to everything. Everything feels beta. Seriously, Android fragmentation and need to rely on a community online who resorts to tell you to install
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error FairfaxITC 7/3/12 5:51 AM Same story for me. I have a Win 7 x64 professional pc. I get the "primary key must be unique" error periodically. I'm not positive, but I think that it could be my Quickbooks data file that snags it up. I keep the quickbooks files in my sync folder.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error JJBaker85 7/3/12 6:18 PM I have the same problem. Please fix, it has been over 2 months.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Adnan Doric 7/4/12 3:28 AM same issue here...
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error websea 7/4/12 7:30 AM Is Google drive Support alive?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error bobby ballow 7/6/12 1:33 PM Same for me. You should add a "beta" to this product because since it was launch I encounter bug and bug and bug ...
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error stan_elie 7/7/12 7:24 PM Same for me, it keeps crashing on me.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error dlinford 7/10/12 9:34 AM I get this week every week or so.  With 100 Gigabytes of data to sync the resetup and resync process takes more than a day.  Then I have to track making sure the most up to date files or include in the new Google Drive folder from the Old Google Driv
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error xlnja 7/10/12 10:23 AM David, some others have posted the workaround earlier in this thread, but essentially there are duplicate files in the Google Drive on the web that cause the crash.  You must search for and remove the files with the suffix, "[Conflict]", attached to
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error bobby ballow 7/10/12 10:39 AM This is not an acceptable solution. Google should consider to hire good developpers, not noobs. This product was launched too soon. For example, solutions like insync work better.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error fedetipito 7/10/12 6:49 PM Yo también tengo el mismo error. Ya me pasó unas 5 veces en los últimos dos meses. Y sincronizar toda la información otra vez lleva mucho mucho tiempo.Además estaría bueno que soporte FAT32 además de NTFS, porque esta limitación me ha causado varios
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Wedgen 7/10/12 8:41 PM any update?! I just got this error today. I couldn't send the report cause the app crashes before i can click submit.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error b2h2caldwell 7/11/12 5:05 AM Getting the same error on Windows 7 with 11,000+/- files. Any update Google?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error sawright 7/11/12 7:27 AM This is exactly what I figured out. It worked out. not an easy fix, but MUCH better than restarting the whole sync process again
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error bobby ballow 7/11/12 3:52 PM Wow so first post is 27 April...  Ok 3 month and no solution... It's a new record from Google!!! Maybe Google should ask Dropbox how to fix it XD
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Arrabiata 7/14/12 12:02 PM  I cannot get a log file out of the crash.  I cannot even send a report to google because both crash.  Very frustrating. I have removed all of the files that it lists as having to sync, but still it crashes.  The desktop.ini file in the google drive
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Teresa - Docs & Drive Community Manager 7/19/12 11:30 AM Hi everyone - thank you for your continued patience. We're still working on a fix for this and will keep you in the loop about any new updates.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Arrabiata 7/19/12 6:55 PM Perhaps you fired the last engineer that was working on this problem?  That would be helpful.  I think I am going to ditch google drive if this problem is not fixed by next week.  The time frame to fix an issue is incredible and negligent.  This prod
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Shannon Poole 7/20/12 6:46 AM Thanks Teresa.  If it helps, I find that the issue really only happens when I use when I use Drive on multiple machines and accounts sharing the same folder. In my case I am using Drive for my eclipse workspace folder. So while I am at work I am usin
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Giorgi Shonia 7/22/12 6:01 PM been trying to downgrade drive account for weeks now. first it was over the free limit and took 24 hours after deleting files to update the quota info.now there is problem with wallet. not to say that primary key problem has been hanging around for t
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error jos_osc 7/23/12 11:39 AM Thanks Teresa, also waiting for a solution for this. To me it happened after renaming a lot of files using Adobe Lightroom.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error klnjbh 7/23/12 1:19 PM Same issue....awaiting a solution!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error jmrodriguez 7/23/12 3:18 PM He encontrado una solución para mi caso (50.000 archivos más o menos). El problema es que hay algunos archivos duplicados en el mismo directorio y eso no es normal y a Google Drive no le gusta. He buscado y eliminado los archivos duplicados. Para ell
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error .ZiP 7/24/12 1:02 AM I have the same problems ( primary key and sync speed ) but without the huge CPU usage and huge memory usage though it constantly uses ~160MB of memory.Another thing I came across is that when you have unsyncable files ( that for example can be tempo
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error .ZiP 7/24/12 1:17 AM I forgot to mention that i use Version 1.2.3123.0250 on Win7 Home Premium - I7 quad core
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error allmoney.ws 7/24/12 7:43 AM Why you so long fix this bug? 2 months left :(
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error bobby ballow 7/24/12 7:56 AM Because unfortunatly it's not the only bug. Drive is a big bug :D I switch to another solution. I will wait at least one year that users debug it and developpers finish code it...
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error mn4gd 7/24/12 12:14 PM I had this exact same problem. I figured (using sync_log from %appdata%  >  /local/google/drive ) this happened because of a folder created by reference/citation manager software called Zotero. Zotero creates and modifies lots of files in that folder
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error jos_osc 7/25/12 12:16 PM While waiting for the official fix, you can work-around the problem like this: - Start the Google Drive client. - Hold Shift, right-click on the task bar icon. - Select "Enable diagnostics mode". - Click "Start logging". - Wait until it crashes. You
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error imoatama 7/26/12 7:37 AM For me it was a file with the same name except an extra tilde. Given this is the default location that GVim stores its auto-recover file, this is going to be an big problem for me if there are primary key collisions for file names that differ only by
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error nonorganic 7/27/12 3:57 PM This one worked for me. I have the problem working with a Visual Studio 2010 solution inside the Google Drive folder.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Steffen Laursen 7/28/12 10:29 AM Second that. I too have been using google drive with an eclipse workspace, causing this dreaded error to occur. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Jorek 7/30/12 2:31 AM Thank you! This helped much. I had duplicates to remove from the Web.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error ChristianVolkmer 7/30/12 8:20 AM The same under OSX 10.8. On nearly every mac in our office.@Google: Please do something about drive: Very very slow and full of problems!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MattLeese 7/30/12 8:39 PM Repord ID: CDDB3290122CAC7F I'm highly frustrated with this because I've got 50 gigs of work files that I have to re-download :(  This combined with another issue is making me give Google Drive a bit of a lower rating now... Please fix this stuff, Go
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error bobby ballow 7/31/12 12:40 AM It's funny when I redownload my 60gigs of files they are binary different from original. I compare backup folder before send and gg drive folder with winmerge...
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error JoeTextilis 8/3/12 3:52 AM I have the same problem
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error SHBlende 8/3/12 12:13 PM I have the same problem on Win7 64-bit. Report ID is 05428E7987C10206. Steve
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error dlange 8/3/12 3:10 PM Hi, wanted to give Google Drive another try (after the bad start I had with it after the release). And even after having known of this issue for three months, it still persists. Is there any update, or any information on when we can count on a fix fo
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Stan Shaw Vancouver 8/8/12 5:53 AM Thanks, this was a great help. My problem was identical to yours., and yes, once I found files in conflict, the fix was easy. The error message, and suggestion to disconnect Google Drive and re-synch the entire account without investigating this simp
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Warun Kietduriyakul 8/8/12 10:23 PM Report ID: FBD7E1E066BB3FCF Have the same problem in difference machines. I have 3 laptop synchonized.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error spengilley 8/9/12 4:06 AM I also have had this problem for some time. At the moment I am using dropbox... Would like to use google drive though!
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error superettepierre 8/11/12 12:21 AM I'm having the same problem since I've started to upload big photo files (>100 MB). When I restart the drive it continues uploading, but it's saying that it's uploading over a 100 files when they should have been uploaded before.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error superettepierre 8/11/12 12:24 AM I'm using Mac OS 10.7.4 by the way.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error .ZiP 8/11/12 12:43 AM I've been using premium GD for a month now and had tons of problems so two days ago I said enough is enough and I started using Dropbox. It took me less then 7h to upload everything I had on GD ( ~14GB mostly really small files ) while on GD took two
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MrUpss 8/11/12 9:50 AM it is certain that they do duplicate files in GD! Today I deleted the duplicate files on GD and synchronization working again.Duplicate files I deleted by the application Syncovery 6.03, which can also serve as an alternative application of GD. (tran
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Jose Cordovilla 8/15/12 5:00 AM I have the same problem, as well as the occasional overheating nightmare from loop syncing.Anyone out there at Google? We need help on this.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error RockAndRollBot 8/15/12 9:28 AM I tried enabling logging, but the app crashes and forces me to quit, which makes it so I cannot send the log file or get an issue ID.  I cannot attach my zipped log file since it is too large.  Is there an address I can send it to?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error triac 8/15/12 1:12 PM Same here for months now.That's it. Screw Drive. What's the point of cheap prices if it's unable to do what it's supposed to do?And it's not even the only problem with it. The whole ting is just a huge pain.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error ChristianVolkmer 8/15/12 1:42 PM I am truly shocked that Google gives a sh*t about their users and didn't even answer for months. We switched new to google apps for your domain and are thinking about canceling everything as the support for drive is a total desaster. I would fire the
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Oliver Hamilton 8/22/12 9:29 AM I'm using it for Visual Studio 2010 projects on W7 x64 and I'm getting the same error. I have recently upgraded to the 100GB package and would love to know it was worth it. Please Google, can you indicated when a fix might be in place?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Brian the Fisher 8/22/12 1:34 PM How were you able to generate this log? When I get the primary key error it kills my diagnostic mode.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error KlemensP 8/28/12 11:11 AM This problem is now known for 4 months and there neither a solution nor a proof that google is really working on this issue. I have this problem twice a week and I think it's really time now to leave google drive. I can't stand it any longer to empty
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MachielBrink 9/5/12 1:27 AM Seems google is doing nothing with all their problems with duplicate files and Primary key issue. There should come a usefull statement from google very soon(this week). If there's no info then I'm going to transfer my files to dropbox. This just doe
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Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error P Root 9/12/12 11:04 AM The only time I get this error is if I am compiling Latex docs too frequently.  It would appear that GD cannot keep up with syncs if I compile twice within 5 secs of each other (each compile creates ~5 log files).  If I don't compile as frequently, G
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MachielBrink 9/19/12 6:16 AM Following my post on the 5th of september, I've just stopped my google storage payments.There's no service from this Google Group, nor there Google+ profile nor any other way.Besides that this problem is allready half a year old. Because Google is ab
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MattLeese 9/19/12 6:22 AM Yeah, after having watched this forum full of other annoyed customers for a few months now with not even a single comment from Google, I have also switched back to Dropbox and honestly don't regret anything. I'd rather pay a little bit more for relia
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error oldranger 9/21/12 7:26 AM Win 7, 64 bit.  The only things I save are standard documents, video and images.  Had this issue before so I resynced.  Took all night because I have a lot of files.  Solved the problem for a month, now it's back. I started paying for expanded storag
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Robert Spitz 9/24/12 2:24 PM My problem did not occur from the amount of time that I used Quickbooks, but rather from when I did a backup of my Quickbooks company data on my Google Drive. When Quickbooks does a backup it saves a couple of files with the same name, but they add e
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error adioguardi 10/2/12 2:04 PM Same happens to me intermittently upon compiling latex code. It usually happens if I compile the same tex file more than once in rapid succession.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Jim Emlet 10/5/12 5:51 PM Is there a resolution to this yet?  I've disconnected my google drive when I received the primary key error and now I cannot reconnect it properly.  For a paid service if this has not been resolved, it shouldn't cost anything.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Andi Nunez 10/6/12 1:30 PM I don't know if it's pertinent, and I don't have the knowledge of these things to back this up, but I have some clues that relate to my own experience with this error: 1) On my computer, I use SRWare Iron Portable for personal stuf, I use Chrome for
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error David-M 10/13/12 7:57 PM Google Drive was working fine until I purchased storage and moved more files onto it.  Now I get this error every time I re-start Google Drive...which makes it impossible to send the requested log because GD crashes and takes down the log window with
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Patrick Bryant 10/16/12 11:02 AM Please copy me in on this fix.  I have been getting the PRIMARY KEY error for a while now.  I could not even get a log b/c once the error comes the logging box is unavailable.  I can't even get to step 5 above "When you’re done, click Send report to
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Nyan - Support 10/16/12 12:54 PM Hi, Here are some troubleshooting steps you can take on your own to address the majority of primary key errors. If your Google Drive app quits unexpectedly and displays ‘Primary key error’, please first exit the desktop Drive application. 1. Go into
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Mutt978 10/20/12 10:41 AM Perhaps Google should fix the problem instead of expecting their paying customers to search for files that are conflicting.  You know there's a problem.  It only happens with Google Drive.  The programs work fine outside of Google.  This has gone on
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Niels Rot 10/22/12 12:28 AM I've tried the suggested fixes, but it doesn't work. The only thing that works for a couple of days is to decouple the account and download all files anew. After some days the error comes again, and I can start all over again. This is a major nuisanc
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MachielBrink 10/22/12 12:48 AM I've tried Nyan's solution with the Free version of Google Drive(i've stopped paying for a service which doesn't work) but after a few days the same error keeps coming. If you can't use parentheses and brackets with filenames we shouldn't fix the nam
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baxcanna 10/27/12 6:37 AM Please tell us when an actual fix is implemented.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Luizsalomon 10/28/12 4:27 AM Hey there Nyan. Tell me a little more about this [Conflict] tag. I opened up Windows Explorer and made a search on my Google Drive for the word "conflict". In my case, I had 47 occurences, but none of my files had the word "Conflict" or a [Conflict]
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error MrUpss 11/1/12 4:48 AM I strated to use for syncing my Google drive account Syncovery application (http://www.syncovery.com/). This app. have a funkcion - "delete duplicates file names" and this funkcion prevent this problem. I use it for a half year withou any problem. I
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error qhawk 11/4/12 10:42 AM I can't do step #5 "Click Send report to Google" because as soon as I close the error dialog, Drive exits.  Where is the log file stored?  
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error nadworksnet 11/5/12 1:05 PM What a pile of junk. This "error: primary key must be unique" keeps coming up every once in a while and my storage of >100GB is not "re-connectable" that easily. I am also unable to search for duplicate files or get a clue from the sync_log either.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error DonAIM 11/6/12 10:12 AM I too am receiving the primary key error on multiple machines. Searching through multiple forums, this has been a known issue for months. If anyone has found a fix, (not a workaround), please let us know? I have 22 users and restarting machines, nuki
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Nyan - Support 11/8/12 7:04 AM Hi Lulz, Yes, those are what I'm referring to. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Nyan - Support 11/8/12 7:05 AM The log file is stored in the local appdata folder. You can also search in the Help Center for Drive to look up how to submit an error report from Cmd prompt.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Nyan - Support 11/8/12 7:07 AM The latest update of Drive addressed a large number of causes of the primary key error. However, if you're still encountering them and the above troubleshooting steps did not work for you, you can submit a ticket to Drive Support to have one of our s
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error baxcanna 11/14/12 11:15 PM Did it address the number 1 problem? That the files are not detected that we would have to waste hundreds of gigabytes unnecessarily downloading every file again, even though they are still residing on the drive? Until you answer this question I cann
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error keisar 11/29/12 5:23 AM Maybe this will help some of you, I had problems finding the conflicted files and this helped meI started the diagnostics mode by Shift + right click on the Google Drive tray icon, I opened the log file in AppData\Local\Google\Drive\sync_log.loglook
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error qhawk 11/29/12 2:57 PM Awesome.  I has the same *STUPID* issue: "Google Drive crashes before I can click on the "Send Report to google" button at the diagnostics screen." 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Phillip Wu 12/7/12 9:12 AM STILL no fix. Ridiculous.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error sinrise 12/20/12 5:40 PM This is when I started having problems. Also, with Minecraft. Google Drive seems incapable of handling too much at once. Weird. It might be time to try DropBox. :(
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error matt splat 12/27/12 6:55 PM I have been using Google Drive for about 9 months now and today is the first time I have gotten this Primary Key error. I too can not send a log file since Google Drive closes before it is possible to get the log.  I did upgrade to the new version bu
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Luizsalomon 1/4/13 1:16 AM It seems that this Primary Key error occurs when you are first backing up your files. In my case, I was backing up a 29GB folder. Took over 2 months to complete the upload of a little over 60.000 files and 8.000 folders, with the computer very well c
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error christiankraak 1/14/13 9:26 AM I'm also getting this error.. using drive for Eclipse.. Aint it time to resolve this problem now? Would be nice to know if someone is actually working on this. (hint hint google). 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Luizsalomon 1/18/13 9:29 AM Hello there again Nyan, Long time since I came here for the last time, but yesterday I had, again, the primary key error. I restarted Google Drive and it worked by itself. A few moments ago I was messing with some files and found this file: - LCD Ass
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Taneya Koonce 1/20/13 11:26 AM Thank you so much for this! I searched for conflict files, removed them and the error message went away. 
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Pieter Van Gorp 2/6/13 2:32 AM Same problem here, using XP.  Is there a scripted approach to finding the conflicting file(s)?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error matt pepperski 2/6/13 10:33 AM I did not remove any conflicted files - Instead I disconnected and then reconnected my GDrive account.  This was a very unsatisfactory solution since it means all my 3Gb files had to down load again but after this I no longer had the primary key prob
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Taneya Koonce 2/6/13 10:37 AM Hi Matt - the first time I received the error message I did exactly as you - disconnected my account. As you note, that was a mistake b/c you can't keep the documents in the same location AND you have to re-download everything (and I have about 25GB
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error matt pepperski 2/6/13 10:45 AM Thanks, I will try that next time.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error heavymarks 2/8/13 4:23 PM First day of trying Google Drive instead of Dropbox since I liked the idea of being able to search for files like I can with Gmail, but it seems while the search is much better than Dropbox that's about it. Dropbox has never had issues and in the fir
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error meadowsjared 3/18/13 9:04 AM I was getting this problem.  I sync about 150K files between my work and home computers (which was a PAIN to get set up using drive). First of all Nyan's answer did not work for me, I'm sorry, however when I'd try to generate the report as he suggest
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error heavymarks 3/18/13 9:22 AM Unfortunately, deleting any files that Google does not like now and in the future is not a resolution since if we could delete any file or didn't care if any file got corrupt then we would simply leave files on our computer and not add them to GDrive
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error meadowsjared 3/18/13 9:53 AM I agree completely, it's just the best workaround if you don't want to use Dropbox.  Until Google fixes this, they cannot compete with the likes of Dropbox, just because their software is just too darn buggy. :-( I was just thinking my answer was clo
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error ____________________________ 3/19/13 1:14 PM A quick web search indicates that thousands of people are having this problem and Google isn't doing anything about it. That is why I switched to Dropbox.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error RyanWard 3/20/13 4:08 PM So,Let me Get this straight..... Google CREATES a conflict file, great. Then....it terminates the program because it cannot deal with said file? Can google change its convention, so instead it creates a file with _conflict_ or any other special chara
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error jtwright 3/26/13 3:21 PM I've had this issue twice in the last 2 months since I started sharing folders.  I've invited some colleages to test run Google as a cloud server.  I was considering switching the company over to Google apps but everything is just way to glitchy and
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error websea 3/26/13 11:57 PM Does Google team works on this application anymore?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error hkpeoples 3/28/13 1:16 AM Has anyone tried using insync?  Will that solve this problem?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error websea 3/28/13 1:30 AM I've tried Insync. It is ok, but rarely, when I delete a folder from my laptop and the Pc is still syncronizing with other files and the Laptop did not finish the sync of the deleted files (1000+), when the PC begin to sync the files that where delet
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error hkpeoples 3/28/13 1:33 AM It recently went from beta to 1.0, so it may be worth another try? I don't know. I just signed up for 5gb on http://box.com and will use that for projects where there is a lot of collaboration. At the moment google drive is not usable for me (at least for t
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error meadowsjared 3/28/13 9:16 AM You know, with Google's Lack of attention to the Windows PC client for drive, and with their API's where I believe you can actually code your own version of drive and... heaven forbid... throw a touch of ERROR HANDLING and workaround in just for S&G'
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error David-M 3/28/13 10:04 AM What's worked for me in the past with various vendors, including Google for Calendar which also didn't work for years on some very basic stuff, is to contact editors of lots of magazines, web shows, TV shows, big blogs, etc. and give them a tip on a
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Cole Bonham 4/9/13 2:07 PM I have over 30,000 files I uploaded and constantly have crashing errors.  This unique key problem is new.  I cannot spend time during my business day of running my own business to look through 30,000 files and delete any X files.  If I am to pay for
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error adeb1 4/10/13 2:00 AM I started getting this yesterday after activating offline docs. Not sure if that will fix it but just trying to roll-back to when it was stable. The lack of official response here is very concerning though.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error johnnya23 4/27/13 1:13 PM I have over 100,000 files on google drive, how do I find the conflicts?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Tajddin Maghni 5/3/13 1:43 PM I've also just experienced this and I have two instances of Visual Studio open, Photoshop, Skype and Chrome.  
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Cole Bonham 5/3/13 1:54 PM You don't find the conflicts, instead you tell Google that Drive sucks and then you switch to Dropbox.  I made the change and have not had any problems whatsoever!  It automatically updates instantly and I have not ever had a crash since the time I p
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error johnnya23 5/14/13 2:26 PM have you (google) solved this problem yet?
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error David O'Malley 5/25/13 6:23 AM My files did not have any conflict tag, re-downloading all files is not an option and really poor support. Also marking your own answer as helpful is not helpful, if your advise helped the poster or anyone else they can mark it
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error David B Berman 5/27/13 2:58 PM I am wishing to follow your instruction to "Search for any files with a [Conflict] tag next to the filename". What does the [Conflict] tag look like? And are you saying do a visual scan for this tag on a list of my entire drive, or are you saying the
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Luizsalomon 5/28/13 10:49 AM Hey David, In my case, since my Windows 7 is in portuguese, the conflict files where like "readme[Conflito].txt" or "test[Conflito].doc". "Conflito" means conflict in portuguese. A guy from Croatia posted that his files had a [sukob] in front, since
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Wingerr 6/5/13 10:46 PM I got into this same situation when using Audacity for editing a large audio files within a Google Drive folder.  Apparently it's not good to have the Google Drive sync running while doing this, because it's trying to maintain sync with rapidly chang
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error adeb1 6/6/13 12:44 AM I found this solution after my second incident of the 'primary key' error and this worked for me - http://thesunstroke.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/google-drive-still-unreliable-how-to.html. I hope it helps.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error Wingerr 6/6/13 6:43 AM That's useful to know- Maybe it'd be best to pause or turn sync off during the time you're actively working with the files to avoid getting it scrambled up from trying to maintain sync with rapidly changing files.
Re: Google Drive PRIMARY KEY error xlnja 6/6/13 8:04 AM That's what I do, Wingerr.  I have only received the Primary Key error with Quicken files.  Now, before I open Quicken, I pause Google Drive.  Since doing this, I have never again received the Primary Key error. If you think about it, the Quicken fil
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