I have a home file server running Windows 10 Pro.
On my server PC I have a folder:
F:\DATA\BACKUPS
set up as a hidden share \\SERVER\BACKUPS$
I have a network folder called D:\Files
shared as \\SERVER\FILES
I created a symlink in the D:\Files location to the BACKUPS folder
MKLINK /D "D:\FILES\BACKUPS" "\\SERVER\BACKUPS$"
On the host server, I can access the symlink BACKUP folder just fine either from D:\Files
or \\SERVER\FILES
From a client PC, however, I get an error: \\SERVER\FILES\BACKUPS\ is not accessible
I check the properties of the symlink and it says target: \\SERVER\BACKUPS$
So I'm not sure why it's looking for \\SERVER\FILES\BACKUPS
instead of just \\SERVER\BACKUPS$
I was able to just create a shortcut link to it and it works fine. But it seems a symlink should work too.