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How do I figure out if a link is a symbolic link, a hard link, or a directory junction in Windows?

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Mar 15, 20261909 views

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If I've created a directory link via mklink, how can I figure out if it was a symbolic link, a directory junction, or a hard link (ie whether I used /d, /j, or /h)?

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Fix for: How do I figure out if a link is a symbolic link, a hard link, or a directory junction in Windows?

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At the command line you can type You should see something similar to: This shows a directory symlink ( ) and a directory junction ( )

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