Since Vista, Win7 etc support Unix-like links on discs (both symbolic and hard links) and Totalcmd can handle accessing them, I wonder if there will be support for creating such links.
If not via WinAPI, it can essentially be done by calling mklink command in background (invoke "mklink /?" for details) so I think it's time for Totalcmd to support this functionality.
Support for creating symbolic links, junctions etc
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BTW admin rights/elevation is required in order to make symlinks. And, in order to execute mklink command you need to start cmd.exe. Anyway, you can create buttonbar button that will call mklink for you:
It uses focused folder name as symlink name and suggests to create symlink for focused folder in a target panel.
Buttons for file symlink, junction or hardlink are almost the same (with corresponding mklink parameters). You may find AskParam and Sudo tools in my signature.
You can also use NTFSLinks tool to create junctions and hardlinks.
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Command: %COMMANDER_PATH%\Addons\AskParam\AskParam.exe
Parameters: /c"Create folder symlink" /t"%T%N" /p"Enter symlink path for %N:" "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\Sudo.exe" "%%%%SystemRoot%%%%\System32\cmd.exe" /c mklink /D "%%1" %P%N
Hint: Create folder symlinkButtons for file symlink, junction or hardlink are almost the same (with corresponding mklink parameters). You may find AskParam and Sudo tools in my signature.
You can also use NTFSLinks tool to create junctions and hardlinks.