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
    2025-03-07T13:29:44+00:00

    Right click, Always keep on this device???

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T13:21:58+00:00

    I forgot to add the 3 different names of the "main blue upload button" are

    • New & Upload (3 accounts)
    • Add new (2 accounts)
    • Create or Upload (1 account)

    Is this normal?

    I only have two different names of the "main blue upload button"

    • "New & Upload" (4 accounts)
    • "Add new" (1 account) - Owner of family plan

    Thank you for the feedback!

    Has this anything to do with the version?

    Shouldn't it be normally the same button for all accounts?

    Has anyone experienced shared folders that are automatically synchronized back to the local computer?

    There's still the "old" version "new" version which version discussion but does it actually matter?

    For me, it's not working at all despite having only "new" version account without the "search" option...

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T12:53:13+00:00

    You can use RaiDrive and copy/paste under windows. If it reaches your limit, just create another FREE account, share the folder with this one, load it on RaiDrive... rinse and repeat.

    Also, there is a possibility that you create a free account and share the folder whith this one without any problem. In this case, just use OneDrive to sync with files locally and then just copy/move folder.

    These are not solutions, just patches to have your files locally and go on with your life.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T12:51:48+00:00

    You can also use Mountain Duck app.

    It also works fine. It uses official MS API.

    Maybe even cheaper than RaiDrive...MountainDuck is one time payment. Not a subscription.

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