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kaydee8888
Brass Contributor
Jun 09, 2024

Windows One Drive shared folder suddenly become shortcut instead of folders

Hi,   I am having an issue that I need help with. I have my One Drive account for several years. I have my main account signed in on my laptop. I have 4 other users sharing their folder with edit a...
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CKS1377
Copper Contributor
Mar 17, 2025

Microsoft does not want to fix this and I believe this was created intentionally so that any accounts other than a casual user, will need to upgrade to a business account.  We upgraded and everything works perfect like before.  If Onedrive for business works properly there is no reason why Onedrive personal shouldn't be working if MS wanted it to. 

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    kamesh31
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 08, 2025

    This issue is also with business users too. Will be appreciated if you share any specific steps followed by you while upgrading to business account which fixed your issue

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      CKS1377
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 08, 2025

      I  didn't do anything different during setup.  I had 8 or 9 different users that could no longer access the data like an external drive and were being forced to view in a web browser.  After upgrading to business accounts everyone could access the data as before in an explorer window.

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