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From command prompt with Administrator privilages:

c:\>mklink /h c:\dirA c:\Users\Piotr\dirB
Access is denied.

I'm on Vista x64. Using /j or /d instead of /h works. What's the problem?

Related:

Access is denied error, when I mklink on Windows 7.

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Hard links can only be used for files, not directories.

References: MSDN: Hard Links and Junctions, <1>, and <2>

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+1 for links, Thanks! – MMeah Jul 2 '12 at 10:47
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You can use the /j switch to create a directory hard link. Be careful with the del command. To remove link to directory use the rmdir command, as del will delete all files in the directory the link points to.

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I had the same issue: check that the file or folder that you are trying to create doesn't already exist (c:\dirA).

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Folder c:\dirA does not exist. – Piotr Dobrogost Apr 8 '11 at 21:15
OK, in this case, it's probably because it's being created on the root of c:\, see if creating it in another directory helps? – David Freitas Apr 9 '11 at 7:19
I see nothing special about c:\ in this case. – Piotr Dobrogost Apr 9 '11 at 13:50
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As far as I know hard links are allowed for files only, not directories. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194(WS.10).aspx

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