Windows XP vs Vista: NTFS Junction points

Question

Problem: I relied heavily on NTFS Junction points in Windows XP, even though they apparently were not an \"official\" feature of the operating system. Now MSFT

Answer 1

Christoph Hochstätter made an "mklink.exe" substitute for Windows XP that can actually create genuine Vista (et al.) symlink reparse points, but warns that they may not be usable under the Windows XP OS. However, Cygwin will recognise them under XP. And, of course, Linux ntfs mounts. Not sure if this will be of much help though...

http://www.zdnet.de/windows_system_verbessern_mklink_f_uuml_r_windows_download-39002345-30973-1.htm