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How do I make a symbolic link on Windows 7?

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Mar 15, 20266196 views
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I've recently changed from Ubuntu to Windows 7. One feature I'm struggling to develop without, is symbolic links. In linux, I would simply I've done some googling for Windows 7, but don't know what the standard accepted method is. BTW I tried "MLINK" in the command line, and it said MLINK not found…

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ln -s /where/to/ /where/from/

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There's a typo in your command; It's , not . I still recommend using Junction, mainly because it also allows for deleting junction points, unlike .

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