Apparently, there is a way to make REAL symbolic links under Windows. (Must run command prompt as administrator).
For example:
mklink C:\etc\hosts C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
results in
C:\>dir c:\etc
2013-01-02 21:37 <DIR> .
2013-01-02 21:37 <DIR> ..
2013-01-02 21:37 <SYMLINK> hosts [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts]
The syntax for folders is:
mklink /D linkName target
Note: do not forget the drive letter (C:), or the link may not work in some situations.
Read more:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link
- http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/be-more-efficient-and-better-organized-with-the-mklink-symbolic-link-tool/
- There is a convenient Windows Explorer extension:
http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html