mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Q1Reports" "\\Server\Shared\Departments\Finance\Reports\2025\Q1" Many games store mods in C:\Program Files\Game\Mods . Create a symlink to a version-controlled folder on your data drive:
Have you ever wished a folder could exist in two places at once? Perhaps you want your Downloads folder on a tiny, fast SSD, but your massive Documents folder on a spacious HDD—without breaking app paths. Or maybe you need to sync a folder to the cloud without moving it from its original location.
Now go forth and link responsibly. Have a clever symlink use case? Share it in the comments below!
mklink /D "C:\ProgramData\HeavyApp" "E:\AppData\HeavyApp" You want to sync C:\Work\ProjectX to OneDrive, but ProjectX must stay on your local RAID array. Move ProjectX to D:\CloudSync\ProjectX and symlink it back:
New-Item -Path "C:\LinkFolder" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "D:\RealTargetFolder" Do not use normal folder deletion (like pressing Delete in Explorer) unless you are absolutely sure you want to delete the target folder’s contents!
mklink /D "C:\Users\YourName\Downloads" "D:\Downloads" PowerShell uses a different command, New-Item , with the -ItemType SymbolicLink parameter:
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mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Q1Reports" "\\Server\Shared\Departments\Finance\Reports\2025\Q1" Many games store mods in C:\Program Files\Game\Mods . Create a symlink to a version-controlled folder on your data drive:
Have you ever wished a folder could exist in two places at once? Perhaps you want your Downloads folder on a tiny, fast SSD, but your massive Documents folder on a spacious HDD—without breaking app paths. Or maybe you need to sync a folder to the cloud without moving it from its original location. windows symlink folder
Now go forth and link responsibly. Have a clever symlink use case? Share it in the comments below! Or maybe you need to sync a folder
mklink /D "C:\ProgramData\HeavyApp" "E:\AppData\HeavyApp" You want to sync C:\Work\ProjectX to OneDrive, but ProjectX must stay on your local RAID array. Move ProjectX to D:\CloudSync\ProjectX and symlink it back: Share it in the comments below
New-Item -Path "C:\LinkFolder" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "D:\RealTargetFolder" Do not use normal folder deletion (like pressing Delete in Explorer) unless you are absolutely sure you want to delete the target folder’s contents!
mklink /D "C:\Users\YourName\Downloads" "D:\Downloads" PowerShell uses a different command, New-Item , with the -ItemType SymbolicLink parameter:
