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
    2025-03-04T01:35:44+00:00

    Thanks for the advice and screenshot. WebClient service is running, still no luck mapping a network drive or adding a network location. I must be missing some other bit.

    Also, when I enter the full path to a shared folder using the d.docs.live.net notation in the address bar of the browser, it is now throwing an authentication error at me. A few days ago this was still working.

    I wonder if all of this is due to an account and/or content migration behind the scenes, and it's supposed to sort itself out once all our accounts and related OneDrive contents are on the same platform. The reason why I'm guessing this is that I have seen messages like "account migrated" popping up briefly when opening shared folders in the web browser, before getting redirected.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T07:06:48+00:00

    I have this issue with 3 folders shared from 3 different users.

    Interestingly a fourth share from a fourth user is not affected.

    It's march 2025 and the problem still persists.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T09:10:16+00:00

    Thanks for the advice and screenshot. WebClient service is running, still no luck mapping a network drive or adding a network location. I must be missing some other bit.

    Also, when I enter the full path to a shared folder using the d.docs.live.net notation in the address bar of the browser, it is now throwing an authentication error at me. A few days ago this was still working.

    I wonder if all of this is due to an account and/or content migration behind the scenes, and it's supposed to sort itself out once all our accounts and related OneDrive contents are on the same platform. The reason why I'm guessing this is that I have seen messages like "account migrated" popping up briefly when opening shared folders in the web browser, before getting redirected.

    From what I have read in other threads, this is the exact problem. Microsoft are transferring our accounts from one system to another system. During the transition then sharing is broken. In theory once everyone is migrated the issues will be resolved again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T13:54:20+00:00

    So glad it's not just me then - spent all morning tearing my hair out trying to figure out why I'd lost sight of the shared folder in file explorer on one laptop but not on the other. What a right royal pain in the backside!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-09T11:00:33+00:00

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