A symbolic link is a reference to another file or folder on your drive.
Symbolic links or short symlinks are originally a linux-only feature,
but since 2000 Windows supports them too. The difference between
symbolic links and junction points is that a symbolic link can also
point to a file or remote SMB network path (which means that you can
also create cross-system symlinks, which could come in handy in a
network if you don’t want to copy all of the files). Let’s say you want
to launch a game or application from another PC, normally, you’d have to
copy it to your own PC, but with symlinks you can launch it as long as
you are connected to the other PC.
Create & Remove Junction Points in Windows 7
Download Junction v1.05 for WindowsCopy it somewhere e.g. to \windows\system32\
You can then create junction points via the command line:
CD: C:\Windows\system32Remove junction points:
junction.exe “c:\new folder” “d:\path\real folder”
junction.exe -d “c:\new folder”
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