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
    2025-03-09T19:59:35+00:00

    Same. It's exactly as described here: OneDrive (Personal) synced folder issue - IT Automator

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-09T18:30:00+00:00

    Tried this multiple times. Unfortunately this is not the global solution.

    I have an account (Account A) with Subscription. I share one Family subscription with snother Account (Account B). From account B i share one Folder with 6 other People (all have free outlook) and slso with my other Account A. Account A shows the folder as link, but one of the other Accounts has the folder normal as folder in the explorer. But thi is only since few days. Before that it was also a link.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-09T17:42:08+00:00

    Hi Dawn - yes, I can appreciate that. The point I was really making was that I received an email from Microsoft saying that the price was going up because of CoPilot, but they made no mention of the fact that you could remain as you were if you didn't want to use CoPilot. In my case, my family account is purely family, sharing videos, photos etc., so we have no need of the new features.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-09T17:05:12+00:00

    Reverting back to the basic family only works if you don’t have multiple onedrive accounts. I work for a business that uses copilot, it forces my personal to use copilot. Going back to the basic family is what started all this for me.

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