OneDrive shared folders are now links, not folders! How do I fix this?

Can we get an ETA on this? I think we all want to make sure this bug is taken seriously!

Same problem facing since more than 1 month now. Its surprising & shame ful that a giant IT company like Microsoft is unable to resolve it . People are having this issue since past 1 year also. just read in one of the posts.

Wake up MS techies

How far are you on the solution? Because this is not a problem that’s only existed since yesterday, it’s been around for quite some time. We pay good money for your services but when part of the services are not working it’s a very bad experience.

This is a huge inconvenience for families as well as businesses, you can’t be taken seriously if you can’t come up with a solution in such a long time. Come on do better and keep us posted on the status!

Hi everyone,

I’m also experiencing the same issue with shared folders in OneDrive showing up as .url shortcuts instead of regular folders. This started happening on both my Windows and Mac devices at the same time, which makes me suspect that this is a broader issue with OneDrive itself rather than my individual setup.

I’ve tried various solutions, including reinstalling OneDrive, adjusting sync settings, and following the workarounds mentioned here, but nothing has resolved the problem. It’s causing a lot of inconvenience for my workflow, and I hope Microsoft addresses this soon.

If anyone finds a reliable solution or hears of progress from Microsoft, please share!"

We just ran into this. This is a terrible recommendation and should not be considered a long-term solution. Our company uses both personal and business OneDrive accounts with shared links. So far, we've seen this feature collapse only on personal drives. This is a big loss for the both the personal and business use cases as we regularly collaborate with contractors that solely use personal accounts. We cannot expect people to start mapping drives instead of simply using the file sync service.

The issues that we've seen --

a) onedrive desktop client didn't warn or notify of change

b) the web ui gives the impression that you can recreate the shared link. it immediately reports "unable to create link" with no reason, error code, or anything of useful.

c) we're sorting through dupes created on several shared folders created on desktops

d) via the web ui: owner of shared folder can create docs in the shared folder, but the change is not seen by anyone who has access to the shared folder.

e) via the web ui: non-owners of the shared folder can create docs and it is seen by the owner (and others).

It's more than just the file sync service horking links and converting them to .url files. Based on our quick test of the owner creating files but those files not seen by users, it appears there's a grander permission issue to boot.

Please get this fixed asap. This is impacting how we work.