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Files shared with Anyone sometimes prompt users to request acccess to the file
Raul_B_ I am amazed that this problem still exists after years and numerous complaints. This does not seem as if it should be a very difficult issue to scope out by Microsoft and apply a fix. OneDrive has been around a long time.
I started using OneDrive when Amazon gave up its AmazonDrive as of EOY. This inconsistent bug about asking people to sign in, when it's an "Anyone with Link can View" link-share is frustrating beyond belief.
At this point I would recommend OneDrive to no one. I will be researching other products, as this product (and its support group) doesn't seem to cut it.
If you care to share in everyone's frustration, here are all the threads:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/sharepoint-anonymous-link-still-requires-login-and/66d2f02a-04b9-4603-81eb-b1005a0a8c6d
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/sharing-link-with-anyone-with-the-link-can-view/26ba4514-9630-44e8-98d9-49361b91e4ca
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/sharepoint-anonymous-link-still-requires-login/c1af49e3-1235-4b57-9097-e14900e16377
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/externally-shared-sharepoint-link-asking-for/1a1318ff-e258-4524-8360-fcd118b8de02
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/office-365-link-sharing-requires-login-from-some/c712626e-7769-4ba8-99e6-64d6671bd7bc
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/personal-one-drive-share-with-anyone-link-asking/5728fe71-a95d-4e2e-b51c-3d7064277373
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/sharepoint-anonymous-link-still-requires-login/01645b27-19e4-4b30-88c5-b34ec0d390e0
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/when-opening-a-shared-link-from-an-account-that-is/10a37bf2-73c6-48ef-8af7-4852d0a699c8
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/onedrive/files-shared-with-anyone-sometimes-prompt-users-to-request/td-p/308153/page/4
NINE threads and no solution from Microsoft...
- I posted here over a year ago about this problem. Thinking it must have been fixed by now, I set up a OneDrive folder for a family gathering to plan meals, share photos etc. Several of them ended up having to create Microsoft accounts in order to access. "Can we just use Google?" one of them complained. Yeah, next time we'll use Google. 😞
Best I can say is I'm still using Windows and the Office suite. I'm very close to ditching the entire MS catalogue. When they decided to scrape Win 10 and are cutting off support past I believe late 2024, I'l be reverting back to Win 7 and installing a third party security suite. I have already found an email program that appears to do everything I needed Outlook to do. I can live with Office 2013, or find another if need be. Their drive to move to cloud computing is not what I intend to support. Frankly I'm surprised they didn't implement it in Win10 as they threatened to do at the implementation of 10.
Apparently as with all bureaucracies, they have become so top heavy as to have become disconnected from their client base.
Unfortunately, the reality is, once they become that size, they become "too big to fail" and the rest of the fraternity will continue to provide the funding they need to survive. Our systems are failing the people. They are serving the system.
