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
    2025-03-05T11:43:56+00:00

    Nope, just tried, no cigar..

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T11:38:55+00:00

    I think it's not from OneDrive but from Windows because I had upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11 so this wouldn't have happened then but for some reason I reinstalled Windows and the same problem happened to me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T11:28:22+00:00

    Cela semble inutile.

    Non seulement Onedrive a transformé les dossiers partagés en liens, mais il a complètement effacé toutes les données du disque sur l’ordinateur du compte du membre de la famille, où l’option Fichiers à la demande a été désactivée et tous les fichiers ont été synchronisés.

    C’est une blague pathétique.

    En théorie, ils ne devraient pas être anéantis.

    Dans tous les cas où mes dossiers ont été convertis en liens, les fichiers se sont retrouvés dans ma corbeille.

    Les vôtres ne sont pas là ?

    Hi

    This is exactly the fact. Only the local synchronization of the OneDrive files are lost. (stored in the recycle bin ) All the datas are always on the cloud.

    But the key point of OneDrive is the local synch of the files on the hard disk of my PCs

    Etienne

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T11:15:17+00:00

    This seems pointless.

    Not only Onedrive turned shared folders to links, it completly WIPED OUT all the data from disk on family member account computer, where Files on Demand option was turned off and all files were synced.

    This is some pathetic joke.

    In theory they should not be wiped out.

    In all the cases where my folders got converted to links, the files ended up in my recycle bin.

    Are yours not there ?

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