OneDrive shortcut appears as an internet shortcut instead of a folder

Anonymous
2024-06-24T08:09:48+00:00

A OneDrive folder has been shared with me, but in windows File Explorer, it appears as a link rather than a folder when I add it as a shortcut to OneDrive "My Files". How can I fix this so the shortcut appears as a folder instead of a link?

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T11:09:26+00:00

    I've started having this issue since 4March, after the KB5052093 installation.

    It totally cleaned over 400GB i had on my drive since i had the option to "always keep on this device" .

    And i need to have a local copy of those files on my drive, not having to open a browser to check the files.....

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T23:31:02+00:00

    Microsoft fix this, otherwise return our money. seriously you have the issue since 2024 and my computer started having the issue this year. there is something you are not doing right. definitely you are not trying to fix

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T18:10:29+00:00

    They dropped it permanently

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T18:03:10+00:00

    My employee is having the same issue, very randomly. I troubleshooted, chat GPT'd, researched the heck out of it, tried everything, spent about 5 hours trying to fix it, Why hasn't Microsoft put in a solution procedure here yet?

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