If you can't open Google Docs on your computer or if Google Docs is not working correctly, first check if you have the required permissions to open the document.

What I really want to do is add a link to Google Docs on the right-click (context) menu in Windows Explorer. That way, I could open a file in Google Docs by right-clicking it in Explorer and ...

This post explains how to download the Google Docs desktop app for Windows 111/10 using Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.

Google Docs is compatible with Microsoft Office documents. If you want to open an Office document in Google Docs through the Chrome browser, use the suite's Import utility.

And best of all, there are matching hacks for getting a blank spreadsheet, starting a video meeting, and more. All you have to do is type “ docs.new ” to get a new Google doc.