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Create Symbolic links in Windows 7

Published: March 24, 2011

 To create symbolic link in windows 7, use command mklink.

C:Windowssystem32> mklink
Creates a symbolic link.

MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target

/D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file symbolic link.
/H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/J      Creates a Directory Junction.
Link    specifies the new symbolic link name.
Target  specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link refers to.

 

Note:You need the admin privileges to run this command

 

Example:

To create a symbolic link named MyDocs from the root directory to the UsersUser1Documents directory, type:

mklink /D MyDocs UsersUser1Documents

 

 

 

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