OneDrive: Shared folders are only available via internet shortcut

Anonymous
2024-06-14T10:21:46+00:00

I am having problems with shared folders in OneDrive. They are showing up as internet shortcuts only, I used to have them in File Explorer as a folder that I would click on to access content of that shared folder. My IT person found a website stating that Microsoft is aware of this issue. When will this be fixed?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-24T17:56:45+00:00

    Everyone who is hit by this bug/issue please report it to Onedrive support.

    Without reporting it they will do nothing.

    More report, more pressure.

    Please say that you are not willing to pay for service does not work or is not trustworthy.

    Here are other threads with this: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/shared-folders-on-onedrive-are-appearing-as-a-link/581e271b-6c49-47e3-84fb-5fbd69cbceca

    Spam MS Support. They will say that they know about this issue, but keep pushing them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-24T17:47:10+00:00

    I woke up to this issue today—everything was working perfectly yesterday, but first I was experiencing file duplication, and now my shared folders have turned into URLs instead of proper directories. I tried logging out and back in, but that didn't resolve the issue. I've searched for solutions but haven't found anything that works. This is significantly affecting my workflow.

    Has anyone else encountered this? Any fixes or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-23T18:26:36+00:00

    TShame on Microsoft for taking too long to fix this. Time to abandon ship. Time to begin home hosting.

    Some tips for others considering the same:

    • I have a Mini PC at home, running Proxmox, which allows me to install multiple things on top
    • One installation is TrueNAS, linked to a large SSD inside the Mini PC
    • Another installation is Trilium Next, a note style application which is my Word replacement
    • Another installation is Grist, a spreadsheet style application, which is my Excel replacement
    • I obtained a "special copy" of Microsoft Office for when I need special functions (Trilum & Grist are not total replacements)
    • I use a free service called ZeroTier to access my home network when I'm not at home, there are lots of other ways to do this

    This does take effort to maintain so I understand this approach isn't for everyone, but the freedom is great.

    Combine this with the fact that mid last year Microsoft suspended my account and refused to tell me why, despite myself and my MP writing multiple letters to the UK executives of Microsoft. Only got it back after making a Subject Access Request, funny that isn't it? Microsoft can take away your account AT ANY TIME and WITHOUT NOTICE for ANY REASON THEY WANT. At least now I actually own my data.

    Now I can cancel my subscription and never look back. Everyone else should consider the same.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-23T14:00:32+00:00

    Same thing happened to me. On Friday, suddenly the sync engine started malfunctioning and when I restarted one drive - everything converted to internet shortcuts.

    Is this a way to switch us from One drive Personal to One Drive Business? Absolutely UNACCEPTABLE. And there seems to be no fix. The entire point of one drive was real time access to the files.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-23T13:51:59+00:00

    since yesterday we are also in the club .. on thursday i received an email that i deleted a lot of files (which I didn't)...on saturday onedrive gone crazy with doing some kind of a full sync (generating 3 hours of full load) .. after that all shared folders were replaced with internet-urls ...

    .. as stated above this breaks severall workflows

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