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
    2024-12-06T13:21:40+00:00

    I'm beginning to believe that this simply a service that they have removed from our subscription to save money and just won't come clean. This is microsoft. This didn't just break and they can't fix it. They are still advertising hard on TV about how great they are. Have you noticed that they won't even update us. They just won't even talk about it.

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    2024-12-06T11:13:57+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-29T08:31:45+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-25T12:24:31+00:00

    According to the test you suggested, I have an SPO account, yet I'm still experiencing the issue. The account sharing the affected folder with me also seems to be SPO, based on the fact that the folder URL does indeed contain "LinkifiedSPOShortcut-Prod&CallerId=Sync-Windows".

    It seems there are 2 types of personal Microsoft accounts.
    SPO and normal account (Production acc).
    When we share a folder from SPO account to a normal account and add it to our normal account's 1drive, it displays as internet shortcut.

    You can check the same by right-clicking on internet shortcut of shared folder >Properties.
    you will see, "LinkifiedSPOShortcut-Prod&CallerId=Sync-Windows" in the shortcut.

    Now how to find whether your Microsoft account is an SPO or not?

    Log onto OneDrive website in a browser, trying sharing a file/folder to anybody, the UI windows will be modern one when compared to Prod acc (normal acc)
    Normal acc share windows below:
    Image
    SPO acc share windows below:
    Image
    Microsoft acknowledged it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-and-sync-shared-folders-to-onedrive-for-home-8a63cd47-1526-4cd8-bd09-ee3f9bfc1504

    I am assuming it will be fixed when all Prod/normal accounts are migrated to SPO.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T08:47:11+00:00

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