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...
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
symboliclinks
symlinks
windows 10
windows vista
Even though I am a member of the Administrators group, when I try to create a symbolic link I get the message:
"You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation."
In Windows7 I am also a member of Administrators and have no problem creating symbolic links.
Does anybody have any...
I haven't done any programming for a long time, and virtually haven't done any Windows scripting since the days of MS-DOS.
For my digital audio needs I am planning to separate my music collection into 3 folder trees:
- lossless albums
- lossy albums inclusive
- lossy albums exclusive.
The...
Have you ever lost ALL of your saved game data because something terrible happened? Well, recently, we have seen advancements solving this problem with the likes of Steam Cloud. Steam Cloud allows gamers, who are increasingly using Steam Powered games, to automatically store their saves online...
backup
command prompt
data protection
dropbox
file management
file system
game saves
gaming
junctions
link shell extension
minecraft
ntfs
save files
steam cloud
storage solutions
symboliclinks
sync issues
windows 7
windows 8
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"...