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Missing sites under Destinations when I try to move or copy files in modern library
Jan Andreas Knudsen I don't believe there is another way except to "Follow" the site prior to the copy / move operations.
Norm
1. Open the destination site (that you want to move things to) through the account that you want to move the items with.
2. Open any of the libraries (I use Documents since it's ubiquitous)
3. Drag a test file into it to "upload" it there.
4. Go back to your source site and try the move operation again. The destination site should now show up under "Recent".
I've been hitting my head against this for a few hours now, and this is the most reliable way that I've been able to find.
Good luck!
- This still does not work for me... 😞
Y_Svesh Thank you very much for this workaround. It worked for me.
At least now there is a way to get the site into the recent sites.
But for the bigger picture: We are in April of 2022 and this feature is still flawed. You only get a a small sample size of sites you recently worked on. Not even all the sites you are following..
That is very frustrating to say the least. I hope this will get fixed in an future update.
- It's ironic that after all this time, I am having to search for a solution because I am flabberguasted that it is still not. I thought I was just being a stupid user for not seeing the way to do this. I don't get why the list of locations to move a file to isn't a list of all the sites to which the user has access. Seems pretty obvious and straightforward.
- Here is another weird workaround that worked for one of our client. It seems there is something odd with Microsoft permissions when making a user an owner on a site. It will mess up search results, essentially not show all results and also mess up move and copy to locations where it will not show the sites where the users are solely owners of the site. The fix. Go to advanced permissions (old school SP permissions), go to the members and add the owners individually there as well. Wait 15-20 mins, should now see the sites in the copy to.
Y_Svesh I appreciate the idea but it doesn't work for me. Obviously this is a weakness. I understand the feedback that putting in the URL isn't ideal but for those where this isn't working give us another option. We have multiple sites and the one I cannot access now I even have tagged as a favorite. My only option this is to sync the folders, and move and wait for OneDrive to update them all (not a fast process with a move). Anyone have any hope for an alternative to be able to use the move feature to ensure we can see all the sites we have access to?
DavidBerndt Here we are in June of 2021 and this still doesn't work. This is beyond frustrating. Such a simple thing to do and you can't even choose your destination outside of a list that MS thinks you might want and doesn't even include all the Teams/SharePoint sites you're a member or admin of. No search bar?! Boggles the mind.
- While I like the cool new features that get added, a fundamental flow such as moving a file needs to work properly. This is a huge problem that goes unaddressed for years. So frustrating.
