Ever since I started developing using Unix machines I've wanted symbolic links in Windows XP. A recent pursuit of backup solutions left me really wanting symbolic links so I started the search. This blog post gave me everything I needed, using a tool from Microsoft's website called junction . This command line tool created junction points between a symbolic name and a real folder on your hard drive (sorry network drives cannot be linked to). I downloaded it and placed the junction.exe file in my C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory so it would be on my system path. Below is my little walk-through of how to use junction . I created a folder on my desktop called "junction test" and created a folder inside that called "folder": I created a text file called "README.txt" inside the "folder" directory: I opened a Windows DOS prompt (cmd) and navigated to the "junction test" folder on my desktop, then I ran the junction co
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