Comments on: NTFS symbolic link or symlink in windows vista and windows server 2008 http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/ Discover Tech Tips, Tricks, Software and News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: techblissonline.com http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-677 techblissonline.com Wed, 07 May 2008 16:54:34 +0000 http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/#comment-677 junction points are only for local directories whereas a vista symbolic links can point either to a file or remote shares. Thus mklink/d can be used for remote shares while mklink/j can be used only for local directories. mklink/d is only available in vista while in XP and earlier versions you can use only mklink/j.Thus XP and earlier versions support only links to directories or folders on local systems while in vista you can create symlinks to directories or folders on remote systems as well... junction points are only for local directories whereas a vista symbolic links can point either to a file or remote shares.

Thus mklink/d can be used for remote shares while mklink/j can be used only for local directories.

mklink/d is only available in vista while in XP and earlier versions you can use only mklink/j.Thus XP and earlier versions support only links to directories or folders on local systems while in vista you can create symlinks to directories or folders on remote systems as well…

]]> By: A H http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-625 A H Sat, 03 May 2008 05:27:11 +0000 http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/#comment-625 What's the difference between a symlink to a dir "mklink /d" and an ntfs junction point "mklink /j"? What’s the difference between a symlink to a dir “mklink /d” and an ntfs junction point “mklink /j”?

]]> By: Vista: Create or delete NTFS symbolic link or symlinks | Windows vista http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Vista: Create or delete NTFS symbolic link or symlinks | Windows vista Thu, 01 May 2008 10:27:56 +0000 http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/#comment-603 [...] In windows vista and windows server 2008, NTFS symbolic link or symlink is a file-system object that points to another file system object in ....   [...] [...] In windows vista and windows server 2008, NTFS symbolic link or symlink is a file-system object that points to another file system object in ….   [...]

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