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I run into this answeranswer while doing first posts review.

The question is "How to force a Google Drive sync from windows 7 command prompt".

Provided answer is basically "I wrote application to address this problem. Try it out. Link to download.".

The application:

  • could be harmful and buggy and might not solve the problem at all;
  • or it actually could be a good program which solves the problem.

My question is - what is our policy regarding such answers? I understand that this is link only answer anyway, but besides of this fact, how should we treat "Try the application I wrote" answers?

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I run into this answer while doing first posts review.

The question is "How to force a Google Drive sync from windows 7 command prompt".

Provided answer is basically "I wrote application to address this problem. Try it out. Link to download.".

The application:

  • could be harmful and buggy and might not solve the problem at all;
  • or it actually could be a good program which solves the problem.

My question is - what is our policy regarding such answers? I understand that this is link only answer anyway, but besides of this fact, how should we treat "Try the application I wrote" answers?

Answer screenshot

I run into this answer while doing first posts review.

The question is "How to force a Google Drive sync from windows 7 command prompt".

Provided answer is basically "I wrote application to address this problem. Try it out. Link to download.".

The application:

  • could be harmful and buggy and might not solve the problem at all;
  • or it actually could be a good program which solves the problem.

My question is - what is our policy regarding such answers? I understand that this is link only answer anyway, but besides of this fact, how should we treat "Try the application I wrote" answers?

Answer screenshot

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How to handle "Try my application" answer

I run into this answer while doing first posts review.

The question is "How to force a Google Drive sync from windows 7 command prompt".

Provided answer is basically "I wrote application to address this problem. Try it out. Link to download.".

The application:

  • could be harmful and buggy and might not solve the problem at all;
  • or it actually could be a good program which solves the problem.

My question is - what is our policy regarding such answers? I understand that this is link only answer anyway, but besides of this fact, how should we treat "Try the application I wrote" answers?

Answer screenshot