Questions tagged [junction]
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Calculate folder size without counting links
I need to calculate the size of "real" files created under a folder (and its sub-folders) on an NTFS drive, where "real" is all files that are not present because of hard/soft-links, junctions etc.
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Windows DEL command behavior wrt junction points
In my installer script I want to delete known files from known locations on the local PC using the DEL command. The command should purge the file from a certain folder and all subfolders below that. ...
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Why are there so many applications designed to only run on the C drive? [closed]
It seems like with Windows 7 onward, many common applications will only install to a directory of their choice:
Office 2013
Visual Studio
Chrome
SQL Server
This ranges from being slightly annoying ...
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IIS server: directory not writable via symbolic link compared to directory junction (for only the first user)
We have the following setup for a webserver: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, IIS 7.5.7600.16385, PHP 5.3.28, the HMVC framework we use is Kohana.
Kohana needs a cache directory to be writable in D:\...
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How can I use junctions instead of drive letters to organize DFS replication of multiple shares on multiple disks?
I am configuring a new DFS setup that will utilize Namespaces and Replication. The two member servers are virtual machines running Windows Server 2012 R2.
Since many of the shares range from ...
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Performance issues with cross-drive NTFS junctions
I have the following setup:
Windows 8.1 32-bit
Drive 0: system drive, SSD, NTFS, mounted at C:\
Drive 1: data drive, magnetic HDD, NTFS, mounted at C:\Users\Database User\Documents and Z:\ ...
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Which settings apply to a folder connected via junction?
Which folder permission and folder sharing settings apply to a a folder "connected" within another folder via junction, or symlink?
Lets assume we have two folders residing in drive D:. D:\Main D:\...
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Is there a way to create a 'trackable' link (~hard link) to a folder on Windows (Windows XP in particular)?
Lets suppose that there are:
a folder and
a junction point or a symlink to that folder
When the original folder is moved to a new location, both the junction point and the symlink fail (point to an ...
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What are possible drawbacks of an IIS 7 site having an NTFS junction as a web root?
I am trying to come up with a way to deploy ASP.NET code with as little site disturbance as possible. One thought was to set up the site to be served from an NTFS junction c:\www\example.com where
c:\...
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Windows Installer Service Issue
I'm trying to clear up some space on C:\ drive by copying contents of C:\Windows\Installer folder to another NTFS Partition and create a junction point(Symbolic link) from C:\Windows\Installer to D:\...
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WinXP - Map network location to local folder
I have a network location, \\myserver\myshare. On my Windows XP box, I wish to map this location to the path c:\somefolder. Am I asking the impossible?
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Some GUI for mklink?
Do you know some GUI tool to create Hardlinks/SoftLinks/Junctions?