Comments on: How to create symbolic link in windows 7 http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/ Windows 7 Tips | Windows 7 Guides | Windows 7 Themes | Windows 7 Wallpapers Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 64bit icons http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-12080 64bit icons Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:17:47 +0000 http://www.windows7home.net/?p=377#comment-12080 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-12073 Dave Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:15:59 +0000 http://www.windows7home.net/?p=377#comment-12073 My understanding of the difference between 'hard' vs 'symbolic' links comes from the Unix world and is as follows: Hard links are like pointers in C/C++. However, instead of pointing to an address in memory, they point to a sector on disk. Because of this, a hard link can only point to a sector within its' own partition. A symbolic link is basically a string. It holds a name where the file/folder resides. Because of this it can point to anywhere the PC has access to, including files on networked computers. Hope that helps. My understanding of the difference between ‘hard’ vs ‘symbolic’ links comes from the Unix world and is as follows:

Hard links are like pointers in C/C++. However, instead of pointing to an address in memory, they point to a sector on disk. Because of this, a hard link can only point to a sector within its’ own partition.

A symbolic link is basically a string. It holds a name where the file/folder resides. Because of this it can point to anywhere the PC has access to, including files on networked computers.

Hope that helps.

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]]> By: [General] How to sync Wow settings between computers http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-10294 [General] How to sync Wow settings between computers Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:56:11 +0000 http://www.windows7home.net/?p=377#comment-10294 [...] is running Win7 and one that is still XP. Windows 7/Vista supports the creation of symbolic links natively. We can create this by going into an administrative command prompt (go to start menu and type cmd [...] [...] is running Win7 and one that is still XP. Windows 7/Vista supports the creation of symbolic links natively. We can create this by going into an administrative command prompt (go to start menu and type cmd [...]

]]> By: myles http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6008 myles Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:17:10 +0000 http://www.windows7home.net/?p=377#comment-6008 This is to TOM for recommending dirlinker! THANK YOU!! I've done this awhile ago the hard way... and now I need to do it again but forgot how so I had to research it and I found this forum! This is to TOM for recommending dirlinker! THANK YOU!! I’ve done this awhile ago the hard way… and now I need to do it again but forgot how so I had to research it and I found this forum!

]]> By: izle http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 izle Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:49:05 +0000 http://www.windows7home.net/?p=377#comment-3470 hello Is it possible to remove hard link by command line? How? thanks hello
Is it possible to remove hard link by command line? How?

thanks

]]> By: jim L http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-504 jim L Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:40:35 +0000 http://www.windows7home.net/?p=377#comment-504 Is there a way to make a symbolic link WITHOUT admin access? Is there a way to make a symbolic link WITHOUT admin access?

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