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mklink is a Windows command line utility that manages NTFS symbolic links, hard links, and directory junctions, included in versions NT 6.0 (Vista/Server 2008) and higher.

The mklink utility's primary function is to manage NTFS symbolic links. The command was introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (NT 6.0), in which full functionality was added to Windows. It can also be used to manage s and a type of symlink called a "directory " (a subcategory of ), although hard links and reparse points were available in earlier versions of Windows NT and are managed with .

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using mklink command inside an MSBuild PostBuildEvent in TFS

My .csproj defines the following post build event in the .csproj file that regenerates a symbolic link. This works fine inside with a manual Visual Studio build and the symlink gets regenerated without issue: del…
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mklink error on domain connected machine but valid symlink still created - "the system cannot find the file specified"

On domain connected Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 machines (issue may not be version specific), running mklink symlinkToCreate.txt originalFile.txt is producing an error The system cannot find the file specified. The symlink is still created…
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Get real windows directory of mounted directory in MSYS (or use ln with MSYS)

I have an MSYS installation, and I am writing a bash script to set up some files. I would like to make a directory symbolic link from the bash script in MSYS, but to do that I will need to use mklink /D, which is a windows command. ln does not work…
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mklink access denied but explorer succeeds

Trying to create link on file share using: mklink /D "\fileshare\dest\folder_link" "\fileshare\dest\folder" (under Admin) But it gives access denied, tried to run fsutil, but no success :( fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation…
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How to create symbolic links for multiple files in multiple folders using command prompt or power shell?

I have two main folders which have a lot of sub-folders in different drives. Have to create symbolic link for all files in the second folder into the first one. C:\folderC>tree /f C:. ├───folder1 │ file1.txt │ file3.txt │ └───folder2 …
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How to run windows command "mklink" from vb.net application?

I want to be able to run "mklink path1 path2" from my vb.net project. I fail to do that. I have tried with Shell() function and with Process. With this it only open cmd.exe window and does nothing: Dim process As New Process …
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Is there any way to create symbolic link in WIX installer?

I need to create a symbolic-link for a particular folder; that folder is created by a WIX installer. Is there any way to create a symbolic-link from WIX installer? I have read about mklink, but I do not know how to use that in WIX (v3)?
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Accessing a symlink via OpenSSH on Windows

I've installed OpenSSH server on Windows 10. I've set up authentication using the .ssh\authorized_keys file, which works well. I can now login from Linux/Windows/etc via ssh to Windows 10. The user I am logging in as has a symbolic link in their…
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How to edit and change Junction link target paths in Windows 10

I'm having a problem that appears to have stemmed from a fresh install of Windows 10. Somewhere during the install, user name "ars_n" must have been created. I researched how to change the User name from "ars_n" to "n8mdp" which I was successful at…
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Attempting to use MKLINK to link folders between two hard drives but keep getting an error

So I'm currently running out of space on my C: Drive which I store windows on currently and I wish to create a link between my C: Drive and my E: Drive so that I can store Custom Content files without taking up more space on my C: Drive. For those…
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mklink error in visual studios/webdev

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…
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How are Windows symbolic links treated by the apps?

I thought that symbolic links in Windows 10 behave similarly to Linux symlinks, i.e., they are transparent to the apps. However, I'm confused by the actual behavior. As an example, I've both softlinked and hardlinked the same CSS file: $ mklink…
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Symlink dll files from one folder to another using mklink

How can i symlink all the dll-s from another application to my bin folder if i don't have the option to copy local those dll's? Something like: mklink /h "C:\myApplication\bin\*.dll" "C:\directoryWithTheDlls\bin\*.dll"
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win32api - symlink creation issue with UAC enabled?

I'm trying to use the CreateSymbolicLinkW() function (from Kernel32.dll) to create a symlink. On the respective machine (Win7 Pro x64 SP1): UAC is enabled (=processes of users with local admin privileges are by default NOT elevated) I've granted…
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mklink: How do you make a symbolic link to a file in command prompt when the file aready exists?

Coming from a unix-based environment, I expected to be able to create symbolic links in a Windows 7 command prompt using mklink or a similar function. Indeed, I find that I can do this, but if the link already exists, I find I cannot overwrite the…
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