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If I've created a directory link via mklink, how can I figure out if it was a symbolic link, a directory junction, or a hard link (ie whether I used /d, /j, or /h)?

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    You can't create a directory hard link. Apart from that, heavyd's answer is correct.
    – efotinis
    Feb 9 '10 at 10:27
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At the command line you can type 

dir /a

You should see something similar to:

02/08/2010  11:40 PM    <SYMLINKD>     d1 [..\targetdir1] 
02/08/2010  11:41 PM    <JUNCTION>     d2 [..\targetdir2]

This shows a directory symlink (/D) and a directory junction (/J)

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  • This need to be in command prompt and NOT in powershell.
    – nick-s
    Nov 16 '21 at 22:49

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