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Two days ago on one family computer they started working again. Today, they are back to internet shortcuts.
One Drive folders changed to Internet Shortcuts - FOR THE SECOND TIME!!!
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In June 2024, my shared One Drive folders changed to Internet Shortcuts. Despite trying any suggestions we could find, and hearing nothing but canned responses from MicroSoft, we opted to spend a weekend changing to a new email address / MicroSoft / One Drive account after 6 months of frustration.
Today, that new account once again changed my One Drive folders to Internet shortcuts. Besides going through the entire new email address process again, have I missed any workarounds for this?
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Anonymous
2025-02-27T14:03:56+00:00 -
Anonymous
2025-02-27T13:37:56+00:00 I have the same problem and it has propagated around everyone we share folders with. Seems to a low priority for Microsoft, perhaps they should use Google Drive for one drive instead as that actually works!
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Anonymous
2025-02-27T02:40:08+00:00 I found a fix!
Switch to DROPBOX.
I am so disappointed in Microsoft's technical support. This issue has been going on for months and is unacceptable.
If enough people switch to another cloud-based company, they may get the hint.So far DROPBOX seems more stable, quicker, and has better support. $10/m gets you 2TB of storage with more features than Onedrive.
Good luck everyone!
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Anonymous
2025-02-26T14:13:04+00:00 Same problem here, nothing we can do to fix it but wait. How could a large company make such a simple mistake? It’s completely unreasonable.
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Anonymous
2025-02-24T22:03:24+00:00 I don't know if this will work for others, but I stumbled across a solution since I just had this experience. I found all my folders in my recycle bin. I never put them there but for some reason they were there. I clicked "restore" and that fixed it all.