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The ntfs links tag on WindowsForum.com covers the use of the Windows mklink command in Windows 10 and Windows 11 to create symbolic links, junctions, and hard links on NTFS volumes. These file-system objects let you place a file or folder where an application expects it while keeping the actual data elsewhere, or let multiple file names refer to the same data without duplication. The tag distinguishes these from .lnk shortcuts and explains how programs follow them as original paths. Common uses include relocating large game libraries and satisfying fixed folder path requirements in older applications.
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    Windows mklink: Create Symlinks, Junctions and Hard Links

    mklink in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you place a file or folder where an application expects it while keeping the actual data somewhere else—or let two file names refer to the same NTFS data without making a second copy. It is built into Command Prompt, and Microsoft documents four modes...