Builds.Cool This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #4240 — we link there as the canonical source.
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About this workflow
Google Drive desktop lets you copy full folders—contents and all. But what if you only want to copy the folder names (not the files) from one drive location to another? Maybe you're reusing a folder structure or duplicating a template structure, but without this workflow each…
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