Unable to open 1drv.ms shared links

PC WOW 26

We are facing some weird behavior in all systems within the network...

Aly attempt to open links from shared files with onedrive that comes in the shorten format 1drv.ms will not open, then if trying to ping the 1drv.ms it returns the localhost info (127.0.0.1)!

The DNS (server 2019 standard) is working fine in the server and it is the same settings for the whole network, running dcdiag returns no error at all.

It is important to note that this behavior is happening the same way in all computers (win 10 pro - v20H2), therefore we believe that if was something related to the DSN it would return the server IP address, but every computer shows its own localhost info!

Anybody with insight of what's going on?

Anonymous

2021-04-29T05:38:59.683+00:00

Your question is related with onedrive, I will remove windows tag and add the corresponding onedrive tag. Thank you!
Manoj Kumar 16 Reputation points

2022-05-30T10:24:20.323+00:00

I was able to resolve this in Edge browser with the solution provided in video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_1tuMYlwQ0
Shashank Shandilya 1 Reputation point

2022-07-12T14:27:05.567+00:00

Thank you so much. It actually worked
Vivek Chauhan 1 Reputation point

2022-11-14T18:53:30.723+00:00

I was trying to insert a link to my OneDrive document in a Google sheet. For this, I selected the text within a cell and then right-clicked to insert a hyperlink from the shortcut menu. That didn't work. Tried doing it the same way for different files, but the link always ended up dead.

Next, I tried this: Didn't select the text within a cell; instead, simply selected the cell with text inside the cell, and then inserted a hyperlink using the Insert menu. Worked without any fuss.
Craig Sutton 0 Reputation points

2023-10-06T14:58:13.2566667+00:00

Thank you Manoj Kumar. Works great

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mj513 1 Reputation point

2022-02-25T20:53:41.877+00:00

Easiest solution I've found:

Download a VPN extension for whatever browser you're using and turn it on.

For example, I use Firefox so I Googled "Firefox VPN" and I downloaded and added the first VPN extension I found (Browsec) and turned it on. Now my one drive files load without any problems.

Hope this helps someone because I searched for an answer for about 3 hours on what to do and found nothing useful. I eventually remembered using a VPN when I was in high school to get around the school's wifi filters so I thought to try it with this and it worked.
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John Robb 0 Reputation points

2023-10-07T22:34:07.5433333+00:00

The point of using a shareable link is to give the URL to others. Changing the DNS server config on my machine doesn't solve the problem if they also can't get to the link. I've tried to share links with others but it doesn't work for them.

If you pick the embed option, go to that page and then click gallery image you'll get a URL that you can share with other people. It's a crappy extra step you have to go through but at least you can share a URL that others can see.

MS needs to drop the .ms TLD and go with something that all name servers support. Or get Bell and Rogers in Canada to support it.
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