Symbolic Link Windows Now
# File symlink New-Item -Path "C:\link.txt" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "D:\real.txt" New-Item -Path "C:\LinkedFolder" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "E:\ActualFolder"
If you’ve ever wished a file could exist in two places at once without duplicating storage space, or needed a folder to appear somewhere else without copying gigabytes of data, you need symbolic links . symbolic link windows
mklink [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] <Link> <Target> | Flag | Type | Description | |------|------|-------------| | /D | Symbolic Link (Dir) | Creates a directory symlink. | | (none) | Symbolic Link (File) | Creates a file symlink (default). | | /H | Hard Link | File only, same volume. | | /J | Junction | Directory link (older, works across volumes, but less flexible than symlinks). | # File symlink New-Item -Path "C:\link