Symlink Windows [patched] Online

: Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box. Type cmd and press Enter.

# Create a directory symlink New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "C:\Link\Dir" -Target "C:\Target\Dir" symlink windows

When the Windows I/O manager encounters a reparse point during a file system operation, it halts the standard parsing process. The I/O manager then checks if a specific filter driver is installed to handle the reparse tag. In the case of symbolic links, the operating system natively handles the tag (IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK) by extracting the stored path data and redirecting the I/O request to the target location. : Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box

Then the trouble started.