Symbolic links can point to non-existent targets because the operating system does not check to see if the target exists.
ln --symbolic SourceDirectory SymbolicLinkToSourceDirectory
Here is the procedure I use to create symlinks: launch a "cmd" console in admin mode (right click) Win7 support a native command to create symlinks, the syntax is: mklink /D Link Target Note: while linkName path is to be relative to 'Current Directory' path, if target is relative : it is relative to the linkName's path and not to the 'Current Directory' path. eg: mklink /D mp3-128\ACHUAR_GN_C63635 "..\Audio-CD_MP3s\A63\A63635" Symbolic links can point to non-existent targets because the operating system does not check to see if the target exists. Symlinks are better managed with the freeware HardLinkShellExt_win32.exe To have them work on WinXP you have to be sure that the winXP system is up to date with SP2 (or with vcredist_x86.exe) and then install the right driver (see attachement). To hardlink files, for example mp4 slideshows, here is the syntax (that also works natively on winXP) fsutil hardlink create mp4\ACHUAR_GN_C63635.mp4 "audio\S63635\mp4\S63635.mp4"
mklink /D Link Target
/J pour junction
junction.exe marche pour WinXP (le copier dans c:\windows) mais necessite que la lettre de lecteur ne change pas. De plus si on supprime une jonction les fichiers du dossier original disparaissent avec quand on vide la corbeille!