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The soft link tag on WindowsForum.com covers issues related to creating and using symbolic links in Windows. Discussions include problems where a soft symbolic link to a folder does not work correctly in File Explorer, such as the link not appearing as a folder or triggering an 'Open with' dialog instead of navigating to the target. Users share command-line methods using mklink to create soft links and troubleshoot why the link may not behave as expected. The tag focuses on practical solutions for making soft links function properly in Windows environments.
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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...
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    • ardunio command line directory error explorer file system folders invalid directory keyboard keybrd link issues mklink path project development soft link symbolic links troubleshooting user issues windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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