LKBEN10803: Windows Server 2008 R2 - How to create symbolic links

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Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Latest update: 05/10/2020 | Comment:

Symptom

You need to create symbolic links.

Cause

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Solution

To create symbolic links from files or directories use the tool MKLINK.

Parameters:
- Without any parameter a symbolic link to a file
- /D creates a symbolic link to a directory
- /H creates a hardlink to a file
- /J create a directoryjunktion (make the folder availible with a different name)
  => see the Profile-Folders-Structure

About the Author

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.

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