![]() With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. Windows will automatically redirect it to D:\Stuff, and everything will just work as if it were in C:\Program.Ĭhris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. ![]() When you relaunch the program, it will try to access its directory at C:\Program. You could move the original directory from C:\Program to D:\Stuff, and then create a symbolic link at C:\Program pointing to D:\Stuff. You'd really like to store this directory at D:\Stuff, but the program requires that its files be at C:\Program. Create a symbolic link to an individual file or folder, and that link will appear to be the same as the file or folder to Windows - even though it's just a link pointing at the file or folder.įor example, let's say you have a program that needs its files at C:\Program. Symbolic links are basically advanced shortcuts. You can create them using the Command Prompt or a third-party tool called Link Shell Extension. ![]() Windows 11 and Windows 10 both support symbolic links - also known as symlinks - that point to a file or folder on your system.
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