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Dave Blank
Dave Blank

Reputation: 21

Is there a way to set owner of Google Folder / Files through script?

I am the Owner of a File / Folder and want to set the owner of the File and Folder through script to somebody else. It is part of a bigger code where I go through all subfolders and files of a given folder and want to give the ownership to somebody else. Problem is that the command 'setOwner()' does not work.

I have tried with the command folder.setOwner(Email Address) and it gave me the error message 'Invalid argument (line x, file "Code")' Dismiss '. Also I tried with the command folder.setOwner(User), got the same error message again. 

 var rootfolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);
 rootfolder.setOwner("[email protected]");  //line x

or

 var newOwner = DriveApp.getFileById(FileId).getOwner();
 var rootfolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);
 rootfolder.setOwner(newOwner); //line x

Note: 'FileId' is from a Public File

I also tried this Code, which worked. I got Email from Google Drive that the given folder was transfered from me to me.

 var rootfolder = DriveApp.getFolderById(folderId);
 rootfolder.setOwner(rootfolder.getOwner());

But I do not want to transfer it to myself, but to somebody else.

(I tried it on my personal and on my GSuite Account to a personal & GSuite account & all possibilities in between, nothing works)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1134

Answers (1)

Dave Blank
Dave Blank

Reputation: 21

I am dumb, the answer is super simple. I cannot share outside of my GSuite Account. If I try to transfer the Ownership to a user inside of your GSuite Account then it works perfectly!

The code is 100% correct.

Upvotes: 1

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