The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows
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The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows
Windows 10, 8, 7, and Vista all support symbolic links—also known as symlinks—that point to a file or folder on your system. You can create them using the Command Prompt or a third-party tool called Link Shell Extension.
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Without any extra options, mklink creates a symbolic link to a file. The below command creates a symbolic, or “soft”, link at Link pointing to the file Target :
mklink Link Target
Use /D when you want to create a soft link pointing to a directory. like so:
mklink /D Link Target
Use /H when you want to create a hard link pointing to a file:
mklink /H Link Target
Use /J to create a hard link pointing to a directory, also known as a directory junction:
mklink /J Link Target