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
    2025-05-11T13:53:42+00:00

    my syste finally went to v2.

    re: SHORTCUTS -

    I found that i had to DELETE the shortcuts, and then RE-ESTABLISH the shares.

    the order was not important.

    BUT, i first needed to REMOVE THE SHARES, can't remember the exact steps, because if i TRIED to re-establish a share, and a prior share had / has existed, even though it SHOWED UP as a shortcut, it did not let me do another share.

    once i DELETED the share, and then i could RE-SET the share, and then it created it, and then i had to go to that share, and "SHOW THIS SHARE in my folders", or whatever that option is.

    sorry for not-clear directions, but i've been fooling with this, and did not record exact steps while fixing it

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-11T13:26:04+00:00

    I wish that was true but does not work for me. Actually MS support says the internet links automatically go back to folders after migration.

    Just wish they would have been smarter in this move and keep migration to a family or business group rather than at random.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-11T13:14:51+00:00

    I’ve read in this thread that you have to delete those shortcuts, and then your files will show up. Don’t know if that’s accurate or true. Can’t hurt.

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