Then you'll need to use SysInternals Junction program
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

And it's only works on NTFS formats (yes, there are still some old XP
systems moved up to SP 3 that were originally FAT32).

Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McNett
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 1:57 PM

Christof Wollenhaupt wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
>> Okay, on Unix-like systems if I want to create a symbolic link to a
> directory, I issue 'ln -s <path/to/directory>'. What's the equivalent 
> command in the Windows terminal?
> 
> mklink /d linkname path\to\directory

I issue that and get 'mklink is not recognized as an internal or external
command, operable program or batch file.'

This is on XP Pro, SP3

Thanks!
Paul




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