Google Drive: Trying to connect. To edit offline, turn on offline sync when you reconnect.

Having issues with Google Drive constantly disconnecting you in Chrome? Error message: “Trying to connect. To edit offline, turn on offline sync when you reconnect”

This issue was encountered on a PC running Windows 10 64bit and Google Chrome (happens in the 32-bit and 64-bit versions). It doesn’t appear to happen in Firefox.

Cause: Kaspersky SSL Scanning (although it may still be an issue in Chrome as it doesn’t happen with other browsers and will likely be fixed by one of the parties soon)

Solution: Disable Kaspersky 2015 Encrypted Connection Scanning. Settings > Additional > Network > Disable encrypted connection scanning. NOTE: even if you disable Kaspersky via the temporary disable feature Google Docs still doesn’t work you have to turn off Encrypted Connection Scanning as it’s obviously always running even when Kaspersky is temporarily stopped (another bug as turning Kaspersky off should disable this).

35 Comments

  1. Thank you so much I was having a horrible problem with this and couldn’t get any school work done as most of it is done through google drive and this fixed the problem right away.

  2. I had the same problem. It was across all browsers. I tried all the solutions, but nothing worked. I use Bitdefender on Windows 10. Eventually after reading about the Kaspersky Encrypted Connection Scanning solution, I went to Bitdefender and turned off SSL scanning under Web protection, and that resolved the issue.

  3. I don’t have installed Kaspersky, just Windows Server 2012 x64 and and Google Chrome.
    I opened document in Opera and it works.
    Thanks!

  4. Cracking your encrypted connections to scan them and then reencrypting with a fake certificate is not something I’d recommend anyone to allow any software to do unless you really really REALLY trust the software, not just to not steal your info but also to correctly report all problems with the original connection and it’s certificate.

  5. Does this mean I have to disable encrypted connection scanning to every time I want to use Google Docs/Drive? What happens if I keep the Disable encrypted connections as disable?

  6. Isn’t that like turning off the whole thing? Surely the SSL scanning is meant to be doing something to protect you??

    Really frustrated over this problem. Who’s at fault, Chrome or Kaspersky?
    Surely Chrome? As OK with other browsers?

  7. Kaspersky fix is good, but many people still have this issue without Kaspersky installed. I tried clearing chrome cache, resetting chrome, then corrected the PC system time and it all worked

  8. I dont have Kaspersky, I dont have Chrome, I have Windows 10 and mozillo, and still it is saying “trying to connect…” but it does not work. What can I do?

  9. I have the problem, but I don’t have Kapersky. I can access Google Drive with Explorer, but not Google Chrome tells me I’m offline. Tried to reinstall Google Drive. I have MicroSoft Security Essentials.

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