A shared folder in one drive, cannot be synced to explorer. Option no longer available

Anonymous
2024-06-17T23:34:45+00:00

Good morning,

I am an experienced IT professional.

I have already confirmed permissions to one drive folders are fine.

And, one drive has been reinstalled etc.

The account in question is just a free outlook.com account.

Issue - You used to be able to see a sync option on the web access for any shared folders.

The folder was shared from another free one drive account.

This is no longer there.

I can add a shortcut, that is all.

And while the user can in indeed click on the shortcut to access files, the access is ONLY web access.

From my reading of other blogs, I assume that Microsoft no longer allow one drive free to sync shared folders to explorer?

And I need to advise my client to move to sharepoint. - or, a 365 business account.

Thank you.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-24T10:36:27+00:00

    Same problem just started here as well and creates a big mess for me and my team. Web access is not a viable workaround for us. Please fix!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-22T14:37:55+00:00

    Same problem here, started about a week ago. It seems it is not going to be fixed anytime soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-21T23:34:31+00:00

    Where's the fix?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-06T20:28:46+00:00

    Having the same issue starting Oct 01. Prior to that it was fine. Server 2019 Standard ed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-30T13:51:30+00:00

    I can hardly believe Microsoft is not fixing such a BIG issue...

    Please, wake up and find a solution!

    It is essential to me and many others in the world, I guess.

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