Shortcut or symlink within OneDrive
Is it possible on Microsoft OneDrive 2018 to have either a shortcut or a symlink (e.g. made using mklink) to another folder within the same OneDrive sync? Specifically, is this possible:
OneDrive
├╴ folder1
│ └╴ subfolder1a
└╴ folder2
└╴ subfolder1a -> ..folder1subfolder1a
Where folder2subfolder1a is really just a symlink (of some sort) to folder2..folder1subfolder1a?
Using a standard shortcut (.lnk) doesn't seem to work, since it binds the shortcut to my full local path (C:UsersvillapxOneDrivefolder1subfolder1a), and that's not sufficient since it's my organization's OneDrive, and so the other users of this folder obviously don't have my same username and folder structure.
I also tried using mklink to make a symbolic link, which works locally on my machine, but the symlink doesn't seem to be uploading to OneDrive, so I wonder if it's not supported. It's been showing as "Status: sync pending" for the past 2 hours.
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asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
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Is it possible on Microsoft OneDrive 2018 to have either a shortcut or a symlink (e.g. made using mklink) to another folder within the same OneDrive sync? Specifically, is this possible:
OneDrive
├╴ folder1
│ └╴ subfolder1a
└╴ folder2
└╴ subfolder1a -> ..folder1subfolder1a
Where folder2subfolder1a is really just a symlink (of some sort) to folder2..folder1subfolder1a?
Using a standard shortcut (.lnk) doesn't seem to work, since it binds the shortcut to my full local path (C:UsersvillapxOneDrivefolder1subfolder1a), and that's not sufficient since it's my organization's OneDrive, and so the other users of this folder obviously don't have my same username and folder structure.
I also tried using mklink to make a symbolic link, which works locally on my machine, but the symlink doesn't seem to be uploading to OneDrive, so I wonder if it's not supported. It's been showing as "Status: sync pending" for the past 2 hours.
symbolic-link onedrive mklink file-shortcut
asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
villapxvillapx
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Is it possible on Microsoft OneDrive 2018 to have either a shortcut or a symlink (e.g. made using mklink) to another folder within the same OneDrive sync? Specifically, is this possible:
OneDrive
├╴ folder1
│ └╴ subfolder1a
└╴ folder2
└╴ subfolder1a -> ..folder1subfolder1a
Where folder2subfolder1a is really just a symlink (of some sort) to folder2..folder1subfolder1a?
Using a standard shortcut (.lnk) doesn't seem to work, since it binds the shortcut to my full local path (C:UsersvillapxOneDrivefolder1subfolder1a), and that's not sufficient since it's my organization's OneDrive, and so the other users of this folder obviously don't have my same username and folder structure.
I also tried using mklink to make a symbolic link, which works locally on my machine, but the symlink doesn't seem to be uploading to OneDrive, so I wonder if it's not supported. It's been showing as "Status: sync pending" for the past 2 hours.
symbolic-link onedrive mklink file-shortcut
asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
villapxvillapx
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Is it possible on Microsoft OneDrive 2018 to have either a shortcut or a symlink (e.g. made using mklink) to another folder within the same OneDrive sync? Specifically, is this possible:
OneDrive
├╴ folder1
│ └╴ subfolder1a
└╴ folder2
└╴ subfolder1a -> ..folder1subfolder1a
Where folder2subfolder1a is really just a symlink (of some sort) to folder2..folder1subfolder1a?
Using a standard shortcut (.lnk) doesn't seem to work, since it binds the shortcut to my full local path (C:UsersvillapxOneDrivefolder1subfolder1a), and that's not sufficient since it's my organization's OneDrive, and so the other users of this folder obviously don't have my same username and folder structure.
I also tried using mklink to make a symbolic link, which works locally on my machine, but the symlink doesn't seem to be uploading to OneDrive, so I wonder if it's not supported. It's been showing as "Status: sync pending" for the past 2 hours.
symbolic-link onedrive mklink file-shortcut
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asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
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asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
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asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
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asked Dec 14 '18 at 19:29
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