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 access to my main account. I add them as short cut to my main account. In the past, on my laptop, they function as folders. Meaning, I can move, delete, add files and they essentially function as a folder. Now, all my shared folder from my other users suddenly becomes short cut. When I open the folder, it brings me to the browser for me to sign in and view them. This never happened before and I am not sure what caused it. Please help. Edit Update: I am able to fix this by logging into One Drive with my other user account. Seems like not all accounts are affected only some. I know its not a fixed but at least a temporary solution. The problem seems to be on Microsoft side and I hope they fixed it soon or else I will be going to Google Drive. Update 2: This issue was ongoing since June 7, 2024. As of today, June 19, 2024 it still has not been fixed. Also, one of the Always on device folder on my laptop start deleting stuff on its own. I had to disble the always on device to get it to stop. Great job Microsoft, the most valueable company in the world. I think I will be moving to Google Drive.OneDrive Pinned Folders don't appear in Edge or Chrome but do appear in Brave
Within the last 2 weeks something has changed. Pinned folders no longer show up at the top of the page in OneDrive when using the Edge or Chrome browser. If you use Brave they do appear in OneDrive If you use Sharepoint they work in all browsers.
Sync performance and the future of OneDrive sync
Many of us have experienced significant performance issues with OneDrive when syncing large volumes of files (300,000+). This has been a long-standing problem. Has there been any communication from Microsoft regarding the future of OneDrive sync and plans to resolve this issue? We do not encounter this level of performance degradation in competing products, and it has been a major headache for our customers. I understand that the recommended approach is to use OneDrive and SharePoint through the web interface. However, we do not always have control over how our customers choose to use their data. In many cases, our customers prefer to utilize the Sync feature for syncing hundreds of thousands of files or more. What actions are being taken on the development side to address this issue?
Syncing a virtual partition with OneDrive possible?
I have a question. My company laptop has a virtual Partition (drive D:\ ) which is physically located in C:\DiskD Is it possible to synchronize all files in that D: drive (C:\DiskD) with OneDrive so I can work with the files save them on D:\ and they are permanently synchronized with OneDrive?Microsoft removing EEEU sharing permissions
Microsoft have announced that they will be removing the permission assigned to the "Everyone Except External Users" group (EEEU) from the OneDrive site collection and default document library: https://mc.merill.net/message/MC1013464 This will happen between 10 April 2025 and 30 September 2025. My understanding is that this is to avoid the risk of over-sharing and for most people it will have minimal impact. Generally, internal users don't have read access to each other's OneDrive content. I've checked a few OneDrive accounts in different tenants. I have seen the EEEU group granted access at the OneDrive site collection level, but not at the library level. I've also seen instances where the EEEU group is not present at either the site collection or library level. Back in 2020, there was a message centre update MC225111 "Microsoft Removes EEEU Permission from OneDrive for Business Accounts" Is this just a final clean-up of OneDrive sites that still have this permission?
OneDrive Bug - Sync in endless loop
Hi, I've encountered a strange issue with OneDrive recently. Our company uses SharePoint as main cloud storage for all kinds of data (images, files, ...). We have around 4 TB of data in total. Users synchronize all folders they need with OneDrive and it works pretty good, even with bigger folders that have up to 1 TB of data. Now, a strange sync issue appeared out of nowhere: When starting to sync a folder, OneDrive gets stuck at "[NUMBER] changes are being processed" - this number is ever increasing, it even went up to 2 MILLION changes even if the folder that was selected only had a handfull of files in it. This is what it looks like: What I've tried to fix this: Reset OneDrive Log out of OneDrive Reinstall OneDrive Stop sync for all folders Deactivate OneDrive backup This issue happend on multiple devices (Windows 10 and 11), for different users, different folders and storage locations on SharePoint. Has anyone noticed similar issues recently? I couldn't find anything online. MS Support told me to just wipe the device and reinstall Windows. EDIT: I just wiped a laptop, installed Windows 11, signed in to OneDrive with a test user and started synchronzing a small SharePoint folder - same issue still happens! What do you think? I'd really appreciate any help, comments or ideas!
OneDrive For Mac Problems
Hi there, For the last couple of months I've been seamlessly using the OneDrive integration for MacOSX which allows me to have my company SharePoint/OneDrive document folder shortcutted into my finder window; allowing me access without having to login to the browser SharePoint everytime. February 15, 2025 is the first day I noticed an error message saying that it was refusing to sync. The following day I received a message from OneDrive saying that some random file in my SharePoint name was too long and because of that it refuses to sync. Now, I've been on the edge of my sanity the past two days as I've tried effectively everything from deleting & redownloading OneDrive, to changing the location of the folders, to backing up my computer and factory resetting my harddrive; all to now avail. I can't even have the OneDrive software open long enough to poke around the settings because as soon as I open it up, I get an error message saying that a filename or pathway is too long and it rage crashes. I was I guess wondering if anyone else has found, over the last two weeks, this has been happening and how to fix it? I would like to have easy access to my company files again.
Windows 11 - missing "View online" on the right click view of folder or file
Just upgraded system to Window 11. OneDrive is running well. It's strange that the right click of file or folder is missing "View online" function, but it has "Always keep on this device" function. How to get this solved and show "View online" on right click? When using Window 10, "View online" function was there in right click.
New unlicensed OneDrive user accounts policy
Hi Guys just checking and questions about OneDrive new policy about to apply in 27th Feb 2025 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/unlicensed-onedrive-accounts#delete-unlicensed-onedrive-account My org has 5000 plus accounts which is unlicensed and sign in block users , some of accounts reassigned their OneDrive account to their manager , most of the accounts are old ones unlicensed in 2022 my question is according to the article will all of them will get deleted if there is retention for those created accounts 2022 ? can some one tell how i can get a list that assigned to manager so that we can tell the manager about this change without going mass communication best Regards Radika
