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
    2025-02-20T17:34:25+00:00

    same here, this is ridiculous and unacceptable at the same time! Please @Microsoft do fix it!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-20T17:51:48+00:00

    They arent gonna reply or do anything about this because they can... they too large and really dont GOS. We've sinced moved to Google cloud for file sharing and storing. We're gonna do as much microsoft purging as we possibly can to get away from this miserable company. We're Mac/Adobe all the way and microsoft has 0 interest in making their janky junky BS work with any apple product... peace out and smell ya later. What a miserable company and product.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-20T18:38:20+00:00

    Same issue here. This is causing productivity issues as one has to go to web each time you need to access a shared file.

    Despite this being a critical issue, it's pretty frustrating that there has been no response from Microsoft as to when this will be fixed!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-20T20:01:01+00:00

    Interestingly enough, February 8, 2025 is the day my shared folders switched to the URL. This makes no sense at all.

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