Physical drive suddenly has "shortcut" badge

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Starting about a week ago, my secondary drive (SSD, X:) has acquired a "shortcut" badge.About the same time, iCloud Drive started behaving very strangely, continuously trying to sync files that are already sync'ed. The logs stored by iCloudDrive contain millions (literally) of entries of the formPath doesn't exist: X:\Cloud\iCloudDrive\Shared\Photos\2022\20220710-MetoliusRiver\JPEG-Large\20220710-91741.jpgI'm not 100% sure the shortcut designation is the cause of the iCloud issue. The drive appears normal (not a shortcut) in its "Properties" dialog and also in diskmgmt.mscHow do I proceed?

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