Directory Linker – Simple symbolic directory link utility for Vista/Windows 7

Addictive Tips - Easy Way To Create Symbolic Directory Links In Windows 7/Vista

“The process of creating a symbolic directory link for a folder in Windows 7 and Vista is a serious time waster. Creating a target folder, coping content to this folder, deleting the folder that you want to be linked, and then entering the command in command prompt, doesn’t sound like an easy process.

Directory Linker is a portable opensource tool which makes creating a symbolic directory possible in just a few clicks. Choose the link location and the folder that you want to link too and hit Go. In case the link location already exists, you can choose to delete the content inside it or first copy them to the target folder and then delete the content.

 

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CodePlex - Directory Linker

“Project Description
Directory Linker is a small Winforms application that allows the user to quickly and easily create Symbolic Directory links in Windows Vista and Windows 7. (Note XP is not supported)

1. Create the target
2. Copy any existing content to the target
3. Delete the folder you want to be a link
4. Start cmd.exe and then enter the mklink command along with the full paths of the folders you want to link

DirLinker helps with this, it is very basic UI that allows you to enter where you want the link and where you want to link to. You can just delete the link place or copy the contents over first. Use these options at your own risk, …”

Directory Linker - V 1.1.0

“Released: Jan 17 2010
Updated: Jan 17 2010 by WillC
Dev status: Stable

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Symbolic links are like the red headed step child of Windows/NTFS. We’ve seen more usage in newer OS’s but I still don’t think its being used to its fullest potential (which can be said about a number of NTFS features…  cough… like its ability to support deep paths, 32K in length [insert MAX_PATH rant here]… cough…)

Anyway, I thought this a simple yet cool utility that not only exposes junctions/symbolic links but that its C# source was also available…