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I need to figure out the location pointed to by a Windows symbolic link in order to troubleshoot something wrong with the folder or files located there. It's of the form: C:?\Volume{5c286810-f966-...}

Is there a utility to do this, or is this supposed to be looked up in the registry?

Tony White
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  • I don't know if there's a more official way, but the `mountvol` program (with no arguments) lists volume names and usually logical drives. – dave_thompson_085 Nov 03 '15 at 21:35
  • try WinObj: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sysinternals/bb896657.aspx – magicandre1981 Nov 04 '15 at 05:09
  • Thanks guys. Apparently I'm too new to upvote comments or select answers (???) Dave: issuing the mountvol command with no arguments did not work for me, at least not in Windows Server 2012 R2. It takes that as a syntax error and gives me the help content. MagicAndre: I was able to find a reference to the volume in WinObj, in the Global?? container. The properties on the volume list it as \Device\HarddiskVolume6 which I think is enough to point me in the right direction where I need to troubleshoot my real issue. Thanks very much! – Tony White Nov 05 '15 at 13:57
  • Grrrr... still trying to get used to mini-Markdown. @dave_thompson_085 - mountvol with no arguments doesn't work in Win2012 R2. – Tony White Nov 05 '15 at 14:06
  • @magicandre1981 - thanks; I cannot yet upvote, but I was able to use WinObj to find the volume reference and get info. Had to browse containers a bit, but it helped. – Tony White Nov 05 '15 at 14:06

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You should take a look at Winobj from the Microsoft Sysinternals Suite.

Under GLOBAL?? you see which VOLUME is linked to which HDD/CDROM this volume is linked.

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