Questions tagged [mklink]
Mklink is a utility provided by Microsoft to create symbolic links to folders and files on Windows, such as "ln" utility in Linux.
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Windows 7 NTFS Symbolic Link - Network Share Availability/Timeout
In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, is there a way to quickly detect if the target of a symbolic link is available?
For example, a symbolic link is created to a remote share UNC using the ...
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Symbolic link doesn't work across drives
I'm on Windows 10.
Running the command:
mklink /D "G:\test" "C:\test"
...Is successful. However, in explorer when I double click the folder on G:\ and try to access any file in there, it says "...
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Windows - can I alias a local folder to a "spoofed" non-existent UNC name?
I am troubleshooting code that runs on a customer's network. I have all the data files and configuration files from the customer and am setting about trying to reproduce the issue. The problem is ...
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Delete symbolic link to c:\ when not being able to access c:\
I know how to create and delete symbolic links, but now I have a specific problem. I wanted to create a symbolic link from c:\mydata to d:\mydata, but forgot the first parameter, so I entered from c:\:...
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Music metadata missing after mklink
I have successfully linked my NAS music folder to my Windows Music Library but there is a problem with the metadata within the symbolic linked folder. I did this with MKLINK
In the original folder on ...
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mklink - subfolders named with non-ASCII characters are inaccessible
I've used mklink to create a a directory symbolic link to a network drive:
mklink /d "music" "\\192.168.2.1\mybook\music\"
This works fine.
However, when trying to access sub-folders via that link ...
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mklink directory junctions are inaccessible on Windows 10
I created a junction with the mklink command on Windows 7 and it worked great for the past 2 years. (EDIT: I have now verified that this exact scenario/problem still exists on a brand new laptop with ...
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How do I map my Program Files directory to another disk?
I am trying to map my Program Files (x86) directory on my boot SSD to my secondary drive to save space.
I am using this exact command:
MKLINK /j \\Server-7\C:\"Program Files (x86)" \\Server-7\D:\"...
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Permission problems when accessing symlinks via sftp and scp on Windows Server 2019 with OpenSSH
I set up OpenSSH on a Windows Server 2019 machine and now I'm able to access the machine via ssh from my Windows 10 client.
Then I created a folder on the Windows Server which contains several ...
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Using external drive to backup iPhone – issues with backup now on both locations
I used the instructions to establish a link to an external drive
in mklink error: Cannot create a file when that file already exists,
but now have both the C: and the external drive D: with a backup ...
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Issues after Hard Drive Failure - Used Mklink, Uninstalled/Reinstalled, Game won't launch
Ok quick background:
My system is set up ssd for os and some programs and hdd for secondary programs/storage.
I used mklink a while back to link the a game folder in C:\Program Data to a location ...
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mklink: junction actually doesn't work
I did this from cmd.exe as admin
mklink /J "C:\Users\absolute\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "E:\iPhone DATA\iTunes BACKUP”
and I see confirmation of Junction in cmd and even do
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mklink in batch file keep returning insufisent permission
I made a code to execute an simbolic link between my Music folder and the music stored in my other hard drive
@ECHO OFF
SET /p bn=Band Name :
md "%E:\Music\%bn%"
SET /p dl=Album Name :
mklink /d "E:\...
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Can't create symlink on Windows VM's mapped network drive
I have a Server 2008 VM (Parallels 9), and I share a folder from OSX via a mapped network drive "T:".
I am trying to make a symlink from one folder on T: to another folder on the same drive, like so:
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Microsoft OneNote 2010 & symbolic links
OneNote uses a simple folder structure to organise its Sections and Sub-Sections - a Section is a file, a Sub-Section is a subfolder within the notebook which contains its own Section files.
What I'd ...
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mklink /d not working
I have a folder with my pictures on a network drive. I would like that folder in the pictures library in windows 8. It wouldn't let me add it since the network drive isn't indexed. Windows help said ...
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How to Use Mklink Batch-files with FOR command? (Automatic Junction-Point Recreation)
I'm trying to create a batch-file that creates (DIR) junction points; I commonly use.
Bellow is a script, which creates multiple links, to the same location.
@echo off
for /f %%i in (input.txt) ...
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Mklink to a password protected folder
I have machine A and a C$ share on machine B.
On machine B, I only have access to the share and nothing else (it is password protected). How can I mklink from machine A to the C$ share invoking ...
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Windows 7 Symlink to network drive root
My Ubuntu server provides storage to my Windows 7 workstation through the use of SMB and network drives. One symlink currently links from a network drive to my iTunes library folder. Within that ...
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What can I not symlink/mklink in the windows folder (i.e. prevent booting)
I have a huge project. I got the scripting down. The script dumps to a .txt file a list of all files under or over a certain size. I then move the files to another hd (depending on how I setup my ...
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mklink gives message "invalid switch"
So I'm trying to move Whatsapp Desktop's media folder from C drive on Windows 10, where I have limited space, to E. I closed Whatsapp (also via the task manager). I moved the media directory to E, and ...
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mklink /d locked out after reboot
Both PC are having the same User name, but different password.
PC-1: TestUser / pwd1
PC-2: TestUser / pwd2
Reproduce problem:
From PC-1 explorer, click on PC-2 and key in TestUser/pwd2
Create a link ...
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Sudo equivalent under windows: mklink, runas requires password, whereas opening an Administrator cmd doesn't
Sometimes I run into the wild idea of creating a symbolic link à la Windows using MKLINK. However, that immediately shouts at me that I'm not privileged enough to do so. My user is an admin, but not ...
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problems creating symbolic links in Windows10
I cannot do mklink, not even as administrator (account 'admin'). I get the message "You don't have sufficient privileg..." or "Access denied".
What I tried to do is this, as ...
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Resilient file or directory linking or automatic link updating?
Is there a file or directory link method that would be dynamic/resilient against target change?
I mean if I create a link mklink /d test c:\test I can change the link name after but not rename/move ...
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Can't delete folders/files within a symbolic link or junction mklink
I used mklink to create a symbolic link /d to a hard drive.
Now, even though I am the owner, confirmed by the "Take Ownership" process, I cannot delete files located in this symbolic link. ...
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how to link (with mklink) existing 'pictures' folder with already existing 'pictures' folder in onedrive
This might sound a bit complicated. I need to explain the history of my problem.
Few years ago I found a helpfull hint to get your local pictures folder included in onedrive by adding a hard link ...
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`mklink /j` with some files ignored
I use this command to backup files in OneDrive
mklink /j "path_in_onedrive" "path_to_backup"
Sometimes there are huge files in path_to_backup that I donot need, is there a way work like .gitignore ...
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Mklink File Type Link Chrome Browser Downloading Files
How do you use mklink to make PDF Files when downloaded go to a certain directory.
I want only that file type to go to a directory in my documents folder called PDF
So each time i download a PDF ...
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Can/should I make a junction from C:\Program Files or DriverStore to my D drive?
I've got this really annoying setup on my laptop, where I've got a teeny little 128 GB SSD for my system drive, and a really generous 1TB HDD. Which does me no freakin' good when a whole bunch of ...
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Using Junction, Symbolic Links, Location and simple move commands
Here is my setup
* Bios is UEFI with Legacy Support
* c:\ is a SSD Samsung 850 Evo 500GB. Single GPT, with NTFS partition. Over Provisioning is at the end of the drive in Administrative Tools->...
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Need symbolic link functionality WITHOUT symbolic pathname
Running Windows 10 Pro.
I am trying to work around the 260 character MAX_PATH limitation native to the Win32 API.
I have created a series of backups, which we'll say are designed to back up "...
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mklink /J created to "Computer"
In trying to create a junction link for my iTunes backup folder, I accidentally pointed to a directory called "Computer/MediaSync"
This occurred because I forgot to use quotation marks around the ...
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What (specifically) happens when you have Win7 move default user folders?
In C:\Users\Myself, I right-click on Videos folder, select "location" tab, click "Move" button, and enter "D:\Videos" as new location; then confirm that this location is added to the Videos library (...
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How to find hard linked folders via programming
Is it possible to identify if a folder is actually a hard link created by mklink?
I want to get folders and subsequent sub-folders. But hard linked folders drops me into a loop.
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Mklink to a network share, disconnect results in "location is not available"
I've used mklink in Windows 7 to map a local folder to a network share (the iMac sitting next to me on the gigabit hub at my desk). However, when the iMac goes to sleep, the linked folder becomes ...
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moving User directory failed mlink
I followed this tutorial:
move user folder
And after restarting my pc and logging in, i get this error message:
"C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desk top refers to a location that is ...