Windows Symbolic Link __top__ -

del link.txt # Delete file symlink rmdir MyFolderLink # Delete directory symlink

Use dir in Command Prompt or PowerShell: windows symbolic link

# File symbolic link mklink link.txt original.txt del link

Most Windows users live their lives blissfully unaware of the matrix of connections holding their file system together. They see a file in C:\Users\Name\Documents , and they assume that is where the file lives. windows symbolic link

While "symbolic link" is often used as a catch-all term, Windows supports three distinct types of links within the NTFS file system: