Symlink Windows 11 -

Let’s say you have Cyberpunk 2077 installed on your C: drive (SSD), but you are running out of space. You want to move it to your D: drive.

A "Hard Link" creates a direct pointer to the data on the disk drive. If you delete the original file, the hard link still retains the data (unlike a symlink, which breaks). Hard links only work for files, not folders. symlink windows 11

In older versions of Windows, creating symlinks required strict Administrator privileges. In Windows 11, you can enable to allow standard users to create symlinks. Let’s say you have Cyberpunk 2077 installed on

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "Link" -Target "Target" If you delete the original file, the hard

Go to → Turn ON Developer Mode . This lets you create symlinks without elevation.

Windows 11 does not have a native right-click menu option for symlinks. If you are uncomfortable with the command line, use (freeware).