Symlink in windows XP

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The question is how to make the similar thing like symlink in windows like in *nix. It's really hard to write whole path to the file in console (even using [tab], it's not the way if you need to change language). Adding everything in PATH is tiring too. It'll be great to make a symlink running one command.

Actually I'm looking for console app.

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 20 '15 at 04:41

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They're called junctions

And if you want a GUI to do it for you...

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answered Sep 18 '08 at 04:48

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+1 for good answer, but I don't think there's anything as easy or as good as linking in posix. – J D OConal Sep 18 '08 at 04:50
Be sure to check out the comments in the "junctions" article hyperlinked above. Many respondents disagree that the steps listed in the article relate to true NTFS junctions. The link from MotoWilliams' response points to a more authorative MSDN treatment. – MykennaC Aug 22 '11 at 19:58

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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I used subst first as it makes the path shorter. To do it but with mounting a virtual disk as typicalrunt said, I used the junction utility from Sysinternals.

To make a symlink use the command:

junction Disk:\path\to\mount\point Disk:\path\to\something\to\mount

To delete it use the -d switch:

junction -d Disk:\path\to\mount\point Disk:\path\to\something\to\mount

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answered Sep 18 '08 at 05:56

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '08 at 04:53

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Back when I was on windows I used to use a hardlink shell extension. Not sure if this is the same one, but give this one a try: Link Shell Extension.

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Indeed it is a very convivient utility. – Anton Daneyko Feb 10 '11 at 14:27

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 18 '08 at 05:29

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As with most things, SysInternals has you covered this time with Junction

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Older question with longer discussion: How to create symbolic links in Windows?

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answered Sep 18 '08 at 05:10

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 28 '10 at 17:47

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There's an Open source GUI Tool for Creating Symlinks in windows

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 18 '08 at 04:50

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You can create junctsymlinksions in windows with mklink.

edit: If you use Vista.

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Symlink in windows XP as you see :) – willson Sep 18 '08 at 04:53

Symlink in windows XP

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