shortcuts to folders vs. symlinks

[CTho9305]

windows does a really crappy job of handling shortcuts to folders. when I use programs like winamp to open *.mp3, windows treats the shortcut like a directory by not hiding it, but then when the app tries to open it, it gets unhappy (winamp whines about not being able to access something).

symlinks are exactly like real directories. someone should hack the NT kernel (well, NT5.1, or xp) filesystem driver and add symlinks to NTFS 😀

 

[bevancoleman]

The handling of folders is upto the application (unless the chose to use MS common controls). I know that even NT 4 support shortcuts fairly well, and every updated version from there on has improved it to the point there is little functional difference.

 

[Electrode]

NTFS 1.1 and 1.2, and maybe even 1.0, all support symlinks, but there's nothing included with windows to make them. There are 2 programs I know of that let you make them:

1. linkd.exe, which comes with the Windows 2000 Resource Kit
2. junction.exe, which you can get from sysinternals.com. This one has more features and is open source. 🙂

EDIT: Here's a link to the junction.exe tool.

NTFS also supports mount points, so with a little work you can have a unix-like tree. 🙂

 

[CTho9305]

<< NTFS 1.1 and 1.2, and maybe even 1.0, all support symlinks, but there's nothing included with windows to make them. There are 2 programs I know of that let you make them:

1. linkd.exe, which comes with the Windows 2000 Resource Kit
2. junction.exe, which you can get from sysinternals.com. This one has more features and is open source. 🙂

EDIT: Here's a link to the junction.exe tool.

NTFS also supports mount points, so with a little work you can have a unix-like tree. 🙂 >>



very cool, thakns!