Solved! When Google Drive Desktop won't open in Windows

 

Google Desktop seems to minimize itself.

1. Right click on the Google Desktop icon in your start menu
2. Click more
3. Click open file location
4. Right click and choose properties
5. Notice the dropdown next to RUN
6. I saw that it said minimized
7. I changed it to normal window
8. Solved

Another way to see it is in the taskbar. If it's hidden, right click on the taskbar, select Taskbar settings, scroll down to "select all icons that will appear on the taskbar," scroll down to find google drive, and turn it on.