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
    2025-02-26T15:08:35+00:00

    25.020.0202.0002 is an insider build

    Latest version information is at
    OneDrive release notes - Microsoft Support

    But per levi1922 reply on February 25, 2025, this appears to be a server side issue with the account status. You can check the old/ new account status by accessing onedrive.com in a browser. The app is just a view onto the server side.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-26T14:39:25+00:00

    exact same story here (since some days) - and it wont even work for days with a new user account, shared folders are immediately created as .url links. as we do share files that are used by applications later on, there is no use of the .url links at all. we are screwed completely in the moment. so we are looking forward to a quick solution - otherwise we'll have to move back to Dropbox where it all came from - never we experienced issues like that over >10 yrs.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-26T14:36:42+00:00

    This has just started for me too, and this thread is from june 24.... M$ what the f... are you doing...

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-26T14:19:15+00:00

    Some people I support with some IT stuff experience this same issue 100% with personal paid accounts:

    • shared folders are converted into shortcuts and locally removed
    • duplicate folders are created in local OneDrive with the same name, followed by "- [My Computer Name]"

    Reading this forum thread and various others (this MS community, reddit, etc.) makes it clear something really bad is happening within the MS software. The increased activity here since February 19/20 maybe indicates something happened then?

    @Microsoft: please fix this for all customers. The ones who are mentioning it here are just the tip of the iceberg. I think the issue impact thousands and even more paying customers.

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