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Does Windows7 support symbolic links (folder 'shortcuts')?

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I see W7 seems to have more support for virtual folders, that don't correspond to actual directories on the disk. Does it also support proper symbolic links so I can e.g create a symbolic link c:\temp\external which maps to d:\xyz\, so that c:\temp\external\file.txt is d:\xyz\file.text? If so how d…

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Yes. NTFS had the feature for some time, junctions have been available longer, and Vista was the first version of Windows with support, Windows 7 has improved it, apparently, but I'm not sure of the specifics off the top of my head. From within an e…

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