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

I just got this workaround and it works as a temp solution until Microsoft fix the issue. I Hope you find i useful.

Hi marky,

Thanks for visiting Microsoft Community.

The issue of OneDrive shared folders turning into shortcuts in File Explorer is a known problem that remains unresolved. However, based on information gathered from the community, there is a temporary workaround for Windows:

First, log in to onedrive.live.com via a web browser. In the root directory of the folder shared with you, select any Office document, click the three dots - Open - Open in app.

In the opened Office application, click File - Home. You can see the shared file you just opened under Recent. Right-click it and choose "Copy path to clipboard."

Open Windows Explorer, find "This PC" on the left, right-click and select "Add a network location." In the "Add Network Location Wizard," click Next, then click "Choose a custom network location."

Paste the copied file path into the input box, and delete the file name portion (for example, if the path you copied is https://d.docs.live.net/xxx/xxx/ABC.xlsx, you should delete ABC.xlsx and keep the preceding part).

Then, enter your OneDrive account username and password in the pop-up window, set a name for your folder, and click Next to complete the creation.

At this point, you can directly access your shared folder in "This PC" in File Explorer. There may be some delay, but this can serve as a temporary workaround while waiting for the issue to be fixed.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Jonathan Z - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

That looked like a possible route for a fix and I had seen a similar posting about this. I've just checked my two accounts, each on a different PC and both are _2025-02-14.014 so that is folder sharing between two accounts at the same version not working.

I don’t think so. If you had followed the thread as long as I have, you would see that people with business accounts are having the same problem.

In my case, for example, I have three accounts in my family group, and two of them can share files between each other, but not with the third one. It happens to me since August last year

I think it is a server-related problem. Accounts on the same server can share files as a folder, but not with those on a different server.

I also assume that they started migrating accounts again around February 24th, which is why we are seeing so many new people here now.

My hope is that they will finally complete the migration to the new server in the next few weeks and that it will start working again for all of users. It would be great to have a statement from Microsoft, though.

Hello, its been more than 6 months and this problem still exists and heavily impacts our daily business. We already switched to a different cloud provider but many of our customers need OneDrive. I kindly request an update on the issues, as it is ongoing for so long! Any shared only appears as URL, this is no small bug!