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    Copying symlinks to another win10 PC with another drive-letter and folder structure

    Hi, I'm using two win10 PCs (a Pro and a Home). I just built some symlinks in different folders to a target folder mp4 files. Now I have some time to copy these symlinks to my Notebook without having to build all of the symlinks again. That means that the target, which is visible on any of the...
    • delaflota
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    • copying files drive letters file access file management folder structure mklink recovery drive symlinks target folder windows 10
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Symlinks in Windows 10!

    Overview Symlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems, including Linux and Windows. The Windows’ NTFS file system has supported symlinks since Windows...
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    • admin rights api createsymboliclink creators update cross-platform developers development tools disk space feedback hub file system git insiders build mklink npm ntfs package managers symbolic links symlinks windows 10 windows vista
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    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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    Windows 10 How To: Relocate User Profiles to Different Drive/Partition (SSD Friendly)

    For those of you who have SSDs, limited space, or just want to keep your user data on another drive or partition, I wanted to share the results of some experimentation as a followup to my own question on this subject. I know that there is another method of relocating the User Profiles to...
    • Cincinnatus
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    • backup command prompt data management data migration file management installation media junction points mirroring mklink partitioning registry edits robocopy ssd system recovery system updates tech tips troubleshooting user profiles windows 8
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 symbolic link to a folder not working

    I attempted to create a soft symbolic link to a folder, but the link is not working. In Explorer, the "keybrd_lib" link does not look like a folder (screen shot below). When the link is double clicked, an "Open with" dialog opens. Here is how I made the symlink from the command line, run as...
    • wolfv
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    • ardunio command line dev projects directory error explorer file system folder invalid directory keyboards keybrd link issues mklink path soft link symbolic link troubleshooting user issues windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 See More Files And Folders On Another Network Computer

    If you have two machines that both are at least Windows Vista, follow these steps: 1. Connect the two computers so that they are seen on the network 2. Open a command prompt 3. Type: mklink /d /j C:\Users\(Name) C:\ *Replace (Name) with whatever you want and substitute the second C...
    • richard14110
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    • access files command prompt computer network file sharing mklink network network tip users folder windows explorer windows vista
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    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Symbolic links not showing in explorer

    Running Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit. Two disks in computer (lenovo laptop) second disk (D) is dynamic. We create symlinks using mlink. We create links on D:\. An example is: mklink /D "S:\DriverAPI.Duplex" "%GBROOT%\DriverAPI\Duplex\bin\main\debug" and mklink /D "T:\DriverAPI.JTalk"...
    • malenefri
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    • administrator drives dynamic disks explorer file system file visibility lenovo mklink symbolic links windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. xhenxhe

    Windows 7 NFS, Mapped Drives, MKLINK, UAC...

    I'm trying to set up a development environment at work. I'm the only one using Windows. Others have the environment set up on Linux and Mac. I'm hoping this is possible but I'm stuck on one particular issue that is driving me crazy! I need to connect to a shared network drive via NFS. I...
    • xhenxhe
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    • access issues administrator development error file sharing home office jungle disk local security mapped drives mklink network drive nfs permissions privileges symlink troubleshooting uac windows 7 windows configuration
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Changing the user space to an other partition

    I've writen some scripts to change the C:\user to an other partition. all seems to work but I can not change the security on the SYMBLINK and Junctions (not the directories) assuming all in c:\users\%USERNAME% is machine independent ... All data will be recreated at first login anyhow...
    • dreuzel
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    • directory environment variables junctions mklink partition permissions profiles registry roaming robocopy script execution scripting security symlinks system admin user directory user space windows 7 workgroup xcacls
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Programming and Scripting
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