OneDrive: In windows 11, file explorer no longer allows you access to shared folders within "my files" or QuickAccess except as a link to the online version of the folder

Anonymous
2024-06-09T18:14:40+00:00

These issues are specifically for accessing files/folders within File Explorer.

Noted today that for shared folders that were previously added (and readded today) to My Files do not allow access to the contents of the folder but instead they appear as a link to the webpage portal for access to the folder.

Initial access to the web portal version did not seem to work until after logging out and back in again (I think this is referenced in a published workaround).

Further, the same shared folder cannot be accessed via the link in Quick Access. It provides a "location is not found" error instead.

Not sure if there's a fix to this pending?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-30T15:34:08+00:00

    Lucky You................

    There are many of us that have been going through this for several months.

    Be prepared to be ignored.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T17:08:03+00:00

    OneDrive shared folders shortcuts showing up as internet shortcuts

    I have just reinstalled Windows 10 Home on a PC and I am having this issue. What is a fix for this?

    Thank you,

    Greg

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T17:56:08+00:00

    Evidently, their is no fix. Been going on for 6 months

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T18:40:49+00:00

    The only fix I have discovered is to use a new email address, create a new Microsoft account, and it might work.

    From what I can see, it is an account problem. My older Microsoft accounts are OK, accounts created in past few years don't work, but then newer accounts created recently are OK.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T19:48:13+00:00

    I have three children sharing my 365 Family subscription. One never experienced this shared links problem. The other two didn't initially, but then suddenly did back in December. One by one, their accounts resolved in January, and now all three are working correctly (i.e. opening in File Explorer not Edge). I don't know if any of the actions I took affected this, but one of them resolved shortly after I removed the account from my 365 Family subscription for 2-3 days, before then reinstating it. That might be worth trying.

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