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 the NTFS filesystem.
To execute the following Create or delete commands go to “Run” and start the command line interpreter – cmd.exe
mklink command:
C:\test>mklinkCreates a symbolic link.MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target/D Creates a directory symbolic link.
Default is a file symbolic link.
/H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/J Creates a Directory Junction.
Link specifies the new symbolic link name.
Target specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
refers to.
How to create a symbolic link to a file in windows vista?
C:\test>mklink foo c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
symbolic link created for foo <<===>> c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
C:\test>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 2211-7428Directory of C:\test
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> .
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> ..
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <symlink> foo [c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe]
1 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 69,238,722,560 bytes free
How to create a symbolic link to a directory in windows vista?
C:\test>mklink /d bar c:\windows
symbolic link created for bar <<===>> c:\windows
C:\test>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 2211-7428Directory of C:\test
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> .
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> ..
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <symlinkd> bar [c:\windows]
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <symlink> foo [c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe]
1 File(s) 0 bytes
3 Dir(s) 69,238,722,560 bytes free
How to delete a symbolic link to a file in windows vista?
C:\test>del foo
C:\test>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 2211-7428Directory of C:\test
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> .
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> ..
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <symlinkd> bar [c:\windows]
0 File(s) 0 bytes
3 Dir(s) 69,238,722,560 bytes free
How to delete a symbolic link to a directory in windows vista?
C:\test>rmdir bar
C:\test>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 2211-7428Directory of C:\test
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> .
04/14/2006 11:24 AM <dir> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 69,238,722,560 bytes free
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