Mavericks unvillingly changes spaces to primary space every 4-5 minutes.

Hi,
Since I updated my computer two days ago Finder seems to run a process that every 4-5 minutes makes the OS shift to the primary space (when working in fullscreen or another space).
Have anyone experiences the same problem of knows of a way to troubleshoot this ?
Thanks
Jens

Found it out from somewhere els:
It is Google Drive, it's causing Finder to crash and restart, which is why it keeps jumping back to the first desktop.
It's related to the "Show file sync status icons and right click menu" setting. If you turn this setting off in the Google Drive preferences, the problem should go away.

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