Folders Shared with me are syncing as internet shortcut in OneDrive on Windows PC

Anonymous
2024-06-08T04:53:55+00:00

Hi. I had some folders shared from different users in my OneDrive account. I had added the folders to my OneDrive with Add Shortcut to OneDrive button from Shared folders in cloud. The account is logged into a windows pc and every files including the folders shared with my were syncing fine until yesterday. Yesterday night the shared folders were completely removed from the Windows pc and folders are replaced with internet shortcut. This is such a big mess. I have tried unlinking the account and linking it back, changing the location of OneDrive on my windows pc and tried to get a new folder shared to my account and adding it to OneDrive. Nothing works so far. OneDrive has a big part in my daily activities. Please help me resolve this.

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Anonymous
2025-03-13T06:07:22+00:00

Here is the statement from the Microsoft OneDrive product group (Redmond USA) about the OneDrive Personal problem:

***This is related to a backend migration we are doing and unfortunately, we don’t fully support syncing shared folders in the case where one user has migrated and the other has not. We’re doing everything possible to accelerate things so that it can be resolved as soon as possible for users of the feature. When the accounts are migrated, there is automated logic that makes them go back to a syncing folder within several days.***I have heard, that shared Folder issue is gone.
The best thing is: WAIT and do nothing

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-28T14:04:45+00:00

    There won't be. If they wanted to fix it, they would have done it months ago.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T15:29:03+00:00

    It's the same with me, yesterday on 26.02. it still worked, today everything is gone. What does Microsoft intend to do?

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T13:01:59+00:00

    We did this in October 2024; last week the new email experienced the same problem so we are back to square one.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T06:57:21+00:00

    For my part, the only alternative is to create a new OneDrive account with a new email address. Uninstall OneDrive and download then install the new OneDrive version (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=844652). Create a new Onedrive folder on the C drive of your computer. During installation, choose this new Onedrive folder which I named "Onedrive 2025". Complete the installation. So choose the new email/Onedrive account and it works. I've done this several times on different PCs than my colleagues. No failures. So this is THE solution that works.

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