How can I make a symbolic link on Windows (like the Linux ls -s) ?

Computer Tips - How can I make a symbolic link on Windows (like the Linux ls -s) ?

Date: 2013nov4 Updated: 2017nov24 OS: Windows 7 and later Keywords: symlink, symlinks, junction Q. How can I make a symbolic link on Windows (like the Linux ls -s) ? A. Use the /j option of the mklink command.

mklink /j <from> <to>

For example:

mklink /j c:\htdocs e:\htdocs - Put websites on drive e: mklink /j "c:\users\dave\My Videos\travel" e:\TravelVideos

mklink /j "c:\users\dave\My Videos\arty" h:\ArtVideos - Split videos over two disks

You need NTFS for this to work -- does not with FAT, exFAT. Unlike shortcuts, which are just .lnk files, this is totally transparent to programs. You can cd to the folder, etc.