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
    2025-04-03T18:42:01+00:00

    I always use duct tape to solve problems! Just asking the community, has this affected any corporate users?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-03T18:24:24+00:00

    I have the strange feeling that Microsoft: A) Don't have interest in solving this. B) Don't have competency to do so.
    Here's the "workaround", the only real one so far:
    Stop paying for OneDrive, buy a few SSDs for backups, use WeTransfer to send large files when needed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-03T16:19:21+00:00

    I'm just here to say I agree with David M! It is too much hassle to use it any other way than how we were using it. We moved from dropbox to this, but frankly, if this doesn't get fixed, maybe we switch again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-03T14:10:46+00:00

    This is unacceptable. Microsoft should be able to fix this problem within a more reasonable timeframe. Many colleagues have switched to Google Drive and Dropbox because OneDrive's sync folder does not work properly on Windows—which is quite ironic.

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