OneDrive: Shared folders are only available via internet shortcut

Hello, Reception Skyway Park

Thanks for raising your concerns in Microsoft Community.

 

We are aware of the issue and are working on resolving it. The url files will automatically convert back to folders when the issue is resolved. For now, we recommend accessing shared folders that are in this state on OneDrive.com.

 

Please refer to this information here:

Add and sync shared folders to OneDrive for home - Microsoft Support

 

Warm Regards,

Mia | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Any updates on this? Between this and the other thread there are literally thousands with the same issue, it's been over 8 months since this was first acknowledged with no updates. I'm using this for business and it is enough of an issue where I'm going to have to consider moving my enterprise account over to Google Drive if there isn't at least an ETA.

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

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.

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.

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!