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

2025-02-25T06:56:01+00:00

Doesn't work on my iPhone
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Anonymous

2025-02-25T07:30:38+00:00

Yesterday I started using OneDrive and when I want to access a shared folder through the shortcut created in my OneDrive folder, instead of opening the folder in the file explorer, as it has always happened, it takes me to my browser.

It really bothers me, because in that shared folder there is almost 1GB of data, much of it including scripts that need to be run from the computer directly.

I have been using the family account to share data between 6 PCs for development purpose.
Now all the activity depending on the data is being blocked because i have multiple scripts to access the files with in the OneDrive and with internet link i cannot use my implementations any more ?

Is this only for the personal issue or do people also observe this in Work\School account ?

Also Will this ever be fixed.
I am planning to stop by subscription if this issue will not be resolved
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Anonymous

2025-02-25T07:34:30+00:00

Hello, Orlando Nikolai

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

We are aware of the issue and are working on resolving it. The url files will automatically convert back to folders when the issue is resolved. For now, we recommend accessing shared folders that are in this state on OneDrive.com.

Please refer to this information here:

Add and sync shared folders to OneDrive for home - Microsoft Support

Best regards,

Thomas C - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

This issue is now open for about 8 months and there is no information about the fix or the timeline of the fix.
Will this be ever fixed ?
The issue is now visible more common than in the previous years.
Better we should move to a different service provider if the issue will not be fixed
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Anonymous

2025-02-25T07:52:53+00:00

just happened to me as well. I really don't want to work online
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