Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [mklink]

mklink is a Windows command line utility that manages NTFS symbolic links, hard links, and directory junctions, included in versions NT 6.0 (Vista/Server 2008) and higher.

The mklink utility's primary function is to manage NTFS symbolic links. The command was introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (NT 6.0), in which full functionality was added to Windows. It can also be used to manage s and a type of symlink called a "directory " (a subcategory of ), although hard links and reparse points were available in earlier versions of Windows NT and are managed with .

Documentation

84 questions
48
votes
4 answers

What the C# equivalent of "mklink /J"?

I know how to create a symbolic link in windows in a .bat script: mklink /J How to do the same thing in C# ? I've not been happy with the googling, because i'm a beginner in C# and I probably don't use the right…
Samuel Rossille
  • 18,940
  • 18
  • 62
  • 90
17
votes
3 answers

Using mklink command with network drives

I have two network drives that I access through Windows 7: V:\ and T:\ I am trying to create shortcuts between the two that alphabetise with folders (rather than files), so I am using the mklink command: mklink /d \Photos V:\Photos which creates a…
Sam
  • 2,172
  • 3
  • 24
  • 43
13
votes
1 answer

How do i commit a windows symlink into Git

I have added a windows (window 7) symlink to my codebase ("foo" -> \\server\foo). I have a large set of configuration files under the networks share -\server\foo location. How do i check-in this symlink "foo" into my Git repo? Any other user cloning…
praskris
  • 479
  • 5
  • 15
13
votes
3 answers

mklink permission on windows 8

I need to create symbolic links via mklink as an user, not as an administrator. I have set via secpol.msc and Security Settings → Local Policies → User Rights Assignment rule Create Symbolic links to user, that is currently logged in. After that I…
Jan Prokes
  • 163
  • 1
  • 2
  • 7
11
votes
2 answers

VSCode: moving files out of appdata directory

I'm on a company laptop and appdata has restricted storage space. An initial google showed there isn't really any settings to move directories. I was thinking of simply copying relevant directories i.e. \AppData\Roaming\Code to somewhere else, then…
user3120554
  • 641
  • 2
  • 11
  • 21
9
votes
0 answers

Any way to make symbolic links from a Mac work on Windows?

We've a development environment where Jenkins runs builds on a Mac Mini (our local build machine), from git commits, then eventually shunts things out to a directory, accessible by both web access, and samba. The last step is running, ln -s…
seaders
  • 3,878
  • 3
  • 40
  • 64
5
votes
1 answer

Run Windows CMD commands via Python

I want to create a folder with symlinks to all files in a large directory structure. I used subprocess.call(["cmd", "/C", "mklink", linkname, filename]) first, and it worked, but opened a new command windows for each symlink. I couldn't figure out…
Felix Dombek
  • 13,664
  • 17
  • 79
  • 131
5
votes
1 answer

Hard symbolic link: Specifiy "Start in:" and Parameters

I'm using mklink /h "C:\Shortcut.exe" "C:\Real.exe" to create a hard symbolic file link. However, I don't see how I could specify the "Start in:" property for the Target file or parameters. Is there a way to do that?
tmighty
  • 10,734
  • 21
  • 104
  • 218
5
votes
1 answer

Creating a hard link mklink to a dll in system32 results in access denied

Scenario I am currently looking at a security issue with the installer of my app. Even though the full context is probably irrelevant for my question here is what I am trying to do: https://skanthak.homepage.t-online.de/!execute.html Problem I do…
ChrisM
  • 1,148
  • 8
  • 22
5
votes
1 answer

Make a folder both a symlink and a git submodule

This my project structure in a nutshell: + A | + some content | + B + A I want in my main git repo a submodule in B that points to A. But since the A project contains the main method, I want to be able to quickly test before committing, so…
Vinz243
  • 9,654
  • 10
  • 42
  • 86
4
votes
0 answers

Symbolic links Cygwin vs. Msys2 vs. Win 10 (mklink)

I mean to create symbolic links in Msys2 from PortableApps, under Win 10 (I need portable applications to be able to carry the apps directory across systems), as I do in Linux. For comparison, I will quote what I see with: 1) Msys2; and also other…
sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio
  • 14,708
  • 20
  • 93
  • 185
4
votes
3 answers

Access is denied on mklink

I am trying to get a symlink working over a network drive. I have already tried suggestions on questions already asked, such as running as administrator and checking if the directory already exists. Unfortunately it still gives me the following…
Blueberry
  • 2,211
  • 3
  • 19
  • 33
3
votes
3 answers

How to realize "mklink /H" (hardlinking) in Java?

i want to create a hardlink from a file "C:\xxx.log" to "C:\mklink\xxx.log" . In cmd it works of course, but i want to write a software for this usecase. So have to locate the existing file Then make a hardlink Then delete the old file I started…
MäxL
  • 195
  • 1
  • 1
  • 6
3
votes
2 answers

Unable to create Symlink - cannot create a file when that file already exists

TLDR; When running the command below I get the "cannot create a file when that file already exists" error. I am very confused regarding everything I read on symlinks, since it is basically always unclear which directory is which and whether both or…
SimoneVbt
  • 85
  • 1
  • 1
  • 10
3
votes
1 answer

Change Directory to symlink errors on Windows 10

I created a 'symlink' on Windows 10 to a network share using the following cmmand it worked fine mklink /D Lab_Handler "\\MYIP\UAT\Handlers" symbolic link created for Lab_Handler <<===>> \\MYIP\\UAT\\Handlers When I try to 'cd' to 'Lab_Handler' it…
Sathish Kumar
  • 2,150
  • 10
  • 29
  • 51
1
2 3 4 5 6