Questions tagged [junction]
Questions about working with NTFS junction points (somewhat similar to Linux symlinks).
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What directories in a Windows 7 SSD install would you link/junction to an HDD?
I'm planning on installing an SSD/HDD combination with the SSD as my boot (Windows 7 x64) drive, and a spinning HDD as a storage drive.
Are there any log files in particular best suited to a mklink ...
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What can I do about Windows 7 Backup error 0x81000037, apparently caused by reparse points?
I've been getting this error:
0x81000037: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one of the volumes being backed up
trying to take a Windows backup of my workstation (...
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List all files and dirs without recursion with junctions
Is there a native|portable tool that can give me a unicode or a system local-compatible list of all files and directories under a path recursively, without recursing into junction points or links, in ...
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How do I mklink junction + move content from C:\Program Files to D:\Program Files?
I have a few applications that absolutely refuse to install into anything but C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files(x86). Changing the registry keys for default install folders doesn't seem to provide ...
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How to Delete a Junction by Using Command Prompt in Windows 7
I believe in Windows Vista, we could use linkd command. However, I cannot find this command in Windows 7. I know I can use Windows Explorer and delete the junction, but I wonder if this can be done in ...
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Moving Windows folders around with Junction links (mklink)
Space on my SSD is running pretty low, and there seems to be a 19GB folder in Windows that sticks out (%windir%\Installer) and cannot be safely deleted (as explained here: https://serverfault.com/q/...
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Scenario - NTFS Symbolic Link or Junction?
Differences
┌───────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────┬───────────┬─────┐
│ │ Absolute │ Relative │ File │ Directory │ UNC │
├───────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────┼───────────┼...
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what is the difference between a symlink , junction , hard link and so on? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between NTFS hard links and directory junctions?
well just got a litlle confused about all of them.
so any explanation?
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MKLINK vs. Junction.exe
SysInternals has a program junction.exe that creates Junctions (aka. reparse points, aka. symlinks) in Windows.
However, Windows also comes with a mklink which seems to do the same thing.
Is there a ...
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Give access to a subdirectory without giving access to parent directories
I have a scenario involving a Windows file server where the "owner" wants to dole out permissions to a group of users of the following sort:
\\server\dir1\dir2\dir3: read, write and execute
\\server\...
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Using symbolic link in Windows XP
Junction is a good symbolic link tool in XP. However, it's not so easy to use at first moment, ie. only can use command line interface; move/rename target file/folder; got to use 'junction -d ' to ...
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How to search for all junction links in a given directories and its subdirectories
I'd like to able to find all junction links on a whole drive or just given directory. Is it e.g. possible with the Total Commander search plugins? I just can't seem to find any decent solution for ...
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How does Robocopy handle file system links (symbolic links, hard links and junctions)?
Is it safe to delete a Robocopy backup? I have read that some people accidentally deleted files outside of the backup because it contained links/junctions. Can I prevent this?
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7zip force ignore NTFS junctions
Windows 1803, 7z 18.05
Trying to archive and compress a folder structure with multiple NTFS junctions referencing parts of the said structure (i.e. no "outside" links) - any possibility to compress ...
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Why doesn't XCOPY copy my junctions?
I'm trying to copy a Users Directory with XCOPY, but parts of it are not working.
(I'm running as Administrator, in a command prompt which was started with Run As Administrator)
The user directory ...
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Windows 10 Upgrade and Junctions
I have a 465 GB SSD and a 4 TB HDD in my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine. I have a junction (not symlink) that points C:\Users to D:\Users. Does anyone know if the Windows 10 upgrade will still ...
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Can I create a shortcut which points to a specific drive regardless of its drive letter?
I noticed that I cannot use \\?\Volume{f993747a-5d7a-4de1-a97a-c20c1af1ba02}\path\to\target or \Device\HarddiskVolume5\path\to\target as shortcut targets—it won't work. It only works when I use drive ...
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Can I move Windows 7 C:\Users more easily using 2 installs of Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Moving users folder on Windows Vista/Seven to another partition
I am trying to move my Windows 7 C:\Users folder off of my 64GB SSD onto another drive (A partition on an hard ...
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How do I create a junction on Win8?
I tried the following:
C:\Users\Chloe\Documents>dir /a "My Music"
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 808A-8F0B
Directory of C:\Users\Chloe\Documents\My Music
File Not Found
C:\...
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What are junction points for files (instead of directories)?
According to https://ss64.com/nt/mklink.html, junctions cannot link to files. Also, when I try this nevertheless with mklink /j junction-file target\foo.txt, the command will succeed, but the junction ...
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