Onedrive shared folders shorcuts is showing as .url on the onedrive folder

Anonymous
2024-06-18T18:07:16+00:00

I am Sharing a folder in personal One Drive with another personal onedrive account. When the other part recieve the link and want to add the shortcut to his account, it creates a .url direct to internet link on the onedrive folder that opens the folder online, i need to open it as a folder file in the onedrive folder localy. How can i fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-08T17:23:38+00:00

    Maybe its not Microsofts fault.

    If you are on those forums for a long time, you see that the answers of the so-called "support team" are subpar at best, if you are lucky and get answers from support in the first place.

    I take a wild guess and say those complaints arent forwarded to Microsoft at all, because too many complaints could somehow mean that the support team isnt doing well. :D Typical way of thinking and behaviour of support if outsourced to one specific country.
    Thats why many companies outsource their support now to a certain other country.

    The only software where issues are solved quickly are those where the developers have direct access - the software they have on GitHub.

    Every time I go to this website here, I ask myself why I bother writing something here, if the only ones communicating with each other are the people who need help :/

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-22T07:38:15+00:00

    After a support ticket on this issue, i was assured that this is an issue they know about and are working on.

    However no time estimate for a fix was given.

    Issue

    Some OneDrive shared folders shortcuts located in your My Files folder may show up as .url internet shortcuts instead of actual folders.

    If you try to open the folder shortcut, it opens as a webpage (and you may be asked to sign in) instead of a folder.

    Status

    We are aware of the issue and are working on resolving it. The .url internet shortcuts will automatically convert back to a folder when the issue is resolved. 

    You can still access the shared folder content, but it will be via OneDrive.com

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-and-sync-shared-folders-to-onedrive-for-home-8a63cd47-1526-4cd8-bd09-ee3f9bfc1504#bkmk_shortcuts

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T11:54:21+00:00

    Any news? Another my shared folder become .url internet shortcuts instead of actual folders.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T12:47:32+00:00

    Any news? Another my shared folder become .url internet shortcuts instead of actual folders.

    Just use RaiDrive, it has option to show only shared content and stays as a drive. I gave up on microsoft....

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-26T13:13:45+00:00

    Still Nothing as at 26/03/2025- Come on Microsoft, this feature rocks, you can do it!

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