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
    2025-02-25T23:42:52+00:00

    I managed to do it. I tried both a future version (insight) and I tried version 24.221.1103.0003 by using the registry to disable autoupdate. However both the newer and older version immediately spawn internet shortcuts. The folders are also not available on the choose folder option of the app. In the online view there is no problem.

    So it's not the onedrive version.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-25T22:26:04+00:00

    Just got this mail:

    > Effective February 14, 2025, the price for Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions will increase from USD 99.99* per year to USD 129.99* per year

    So a decrease in quality but an increase in price

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-25T22:00:35+00:00

    8 months later and this bug is not fixed. its still happening, and started this week for me

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-25T20:50:00+00:00

    Hi Antonio & others:

    Antonio mentions the fix of removing the link to a shared folder from "My Files" and re-adding to "Shared". This did fix the issue for one family account, but not three others!

    I'm working with five family accounts total. The URL issue has been affecting two since Friday 21st Feb 2025, and a third since Feb 24th. I successfully applied Antonio's fix to a fourth account, and the fifth never had the issue (though it's the source account from which the folder is being shared).

    Could you explain in more detail how you removed the URL? I can't seem to find the option to choose between sharing it as a link or as a folder in "Shared with me." Thanks in advance.

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