I can't sync or download a shared folder in OneDrive

Anonymous
2024-06-13T12:31:20+00:00

This just randomly started happening a few days ago and I can't figure out why. I previously had a shared folder synced to my computer from OneDrive and then suddenly it disappeared from my file explorer. I looked at the shared folder to see if I have "can edit" capabilities and I do but the only options that show are to add a shortcut to the folder or to download. However if I click download nothing happens. When I add the link, it opens the web version of OneDrive and not the offline folder that I need.

My OneDrive web also doesn't have a sync button at the top of the page or in the settings drop down menu.

I've tried unlinking and relinking the account. I've tried restarting the computer. I've tried logging out and then back in. I've tried uninstalling OneDrive and reinstalling it. I've made sure it's the latest version. I'm running Windows 10/11. I've tried creating a completely different account. I've tried adding the account to the upgraded family subscription version. I've tried reaching out to Microsoft support for help twice. Can someone please tell me what to do?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-24T20:42:08+00:00

    Hey Microsoft. Are you guys going to attempt to pull your pants up and give us an answer? It's coming up on a whole year now and you guys have said nothing, zilch, nada, on a trivial issue a beginner programmer probably could have solved in a couple of days. Do you actually know how to solve problems or is your company going down the drain as you continue to shove adware down our throats? You're getting billions of dollars from us customers down here trying to make a living and we have to put up with managers screaming at us over their files not being on their computers. Only the whole world relies on your garbage to work. At least pay attention to things that have this big of an impact on our usage of your product.

    2,130 views. Lets see if anyone is paying attention and I actually get a response.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-15T03:32:02+00:00

    After weeks of research on this subject it seems that Microsoft intentionally cancelled the shared folder syncing feature for personal OneDrive accounts (or is in the process of rolling out since not all are affected yet). For me it had become very clear that the move is to force people to migrate to the business plan instead. If you try to find a solution directly from Microsoft you will run into "This feature is not available for Personal OneDrive, only for business or work school education accounts" which wasn't the case in the past.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-27T10:58:23+00:00

    Since June/14 we're still with no updates in this issue.

    I'm pretty sure that MS will leave this in this way. Which is pretty sad and most important, very unfair and disrespectful with us costumers.

    Me and a lot of colleagues are using at this time Google Drive for our needs of shared files, and guess what, Google spreadsheets are by far better than excel when you talk about shared files.

    If you want just to keep files online, I judge that it's ok keep onedrive for now.

    But if you need share your files, take my advice, move to google drive (MS owns Dropbox and charges a lot more )

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T19:14:58+00:00

    Is Microsoft going to resolve this problem? I rely on shared drives everyday, and they aren't working. Do I need to switch over to Dropbox?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-25T17:32:57+00:00

    So far this link has not been "temporary". It has been a link in a folder for 3 weeks now.

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