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

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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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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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Anonymous

2024-09-06T23:42:38+00:00

Microsoft added that they are aware of this issue at the bottom of this article. Sigh.

Add and sync shared folders for OneDrive for Home

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-and-sync-shared-folders-to-onedrive-for-home-8a63cd47-1526-4cd8-bd09-ee3f9bfc1504#bkmk\_shortcuts

Here is the part of the article:

OneDrive shared folders shortcuts showing up as Internet Shortcuts

Issue

Some OneDrive shared folders shortcuts located in your My Files folder may show up as .url internet shortcuts instead of actual folders.

If you try to open the folder shortcut, it opens as a webpage (and you may be asked to sign in) instead of a folder.

Status

We are aware of the issue and are working on resolving it. The .url internet shortcuts will automatically convert back to a folder when the issue is resolved.

You can still access the shared folder content, but it will be via OneDrive.com
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Anonymous

2024-09-08T10:59:46+00:00

its been a while now and running things locally that need the files is getting awkward!
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Anonymous

2024-09-08T19:50:13+00:00

I have the same problem. Shared OneDrive folders appeared to me in Finder as folders I could work with normally until about mid-June 2024. Since then, it seems like the shared folder converted, without telling me, to a OneDrive folder in my account that was no longer synchronizing with the the original folder shared with me. Now, when I try to set everything up again, I get only a URL in Finder for the shared folder and cannot move items in and out of the folder shared with me within Finder.

This is a huge step backward in OneDrive functionality! Has any progress solving it been made yet?
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Anonymous

2024-09-09T03:53:51+00:00

Anybody from M$ is able to fix this stupid problem? dont forget we are paying users !

it does be a regressive bug.
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