mklink error in visual studios/webdev

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In my webapp i write Process.Start("mklink", args);. This is for testing only and the function has an if to check which os this app is running on (it will be running on my linux server) but i get an exception

The system cannot find the file specified

My mklink is a system file on windows7 and vista. I suspect it isnt finding it because mklink may only be in the admin path.

How do i make it so my program can access mklink?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 22 '12 at 15:16

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mklink is built into cmd.exe. You would have to launch cmd.exe to access it. You could do this with cmd.exe /C mklink

where /C = execute command and terminate.

edited Jan 22 '12 at 15:16

beryllium

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answered Mar 09 '11 at 07:24

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '11 at 21:20

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cmd.exe /C mklink "C:\Users\sizu\fooSymbolic" "C:\Users\sizu\foo"

answered Sep 26 '11 at 21:20

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mklink error in visual studios/webdev

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