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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Difference between MKLINK /D and /J (Symbolic link and junction)
I have a SSD, and a RamDisk in other disc drive.
I use MKLINK /D to move Google Chrome cache, from my SSD to my RamDisk.
Please, my questions are:
With MKLINK /D, where physically is my cache? SSD? RamDisk? Both? Am I moving cache to my RamDisk? Or…
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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 username and password for C$?
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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
DIR "C:\Users\absolute\AppData\Roaming\Apple…
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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 administrator:
mklink /D C:\users\staff\onedrive\firmware…
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Is it safe to configure the default Documents folders of two users to be symbolic links to the same folder on another drive?
In other words:
There are two user profiles on a Windows 10 PC. Let's call them User_A and User_B.
A Documents folder already exists on D:.
Using an elevated command prompt...
Navigate to c:\users\User_A and delete the Documents folder.
Then run the…
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