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From a Windows 8 machine, I have shared an NTFS partition, full rights. On the Mac, I can access it as expected.

However, if I right-click on the volume and select Make alias, I will get the following message error:

The operation can't be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code - 8060).

If I simply grab and drag it on the desktop, it won't complain. However, as soon as I access it, I get:

The alias "OS_X_Backup@W8" can't be opened because the original item can't be found. 

If I push Fix Alias..., I can see my W8 machine's IP under the SHARED items, and selecting it will reveal the volume. However, if I click on it, the Open button remains greyed-out.

Searching online for answers didn't turn up any life-saving suggestion; this issue seems to affect older versions of OS X. Any tip appreciated; thank you.

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If you're getting an Invalid Target, try setting the Finder's prefs to 'Show Connected servers on the Desktop'

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Then right click Make Alias should work correctly [don't ask me why] ;-)

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  • Although I wasn't getting an Invalid Target message, I was able to create an alias off of the newly-shown icon on my desktop, per your instructions. (Since this might help someone: in the original post, I kept it simple - didn't want to over-complicate things. This might all be an OS X 'noobiness' issue: my original problem was that the network drive wasn't visible in SuperDuper, that can't write dierctly over network, needs volumes mounted. Once I had the icon on the desktop, was able to drag it in Finder under Devices, and now SD sees it.) Thank you for your help! Sep 1, 2014 at 20:08
  • Welcome - as I say, I don't really know what makes the difference 'under the hood' only that this 'fixes' it ;-)
    – Tetsujin
    Sep 2, 2014 at 6:09

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