Junctions and Symbolic Links

From a practical aspect, symbolic links and junctions are similar.

Junctions only work for targets on local volumes but work for a normal user. Symbolic links are more flexible but require elevated privileges or Developer Mode.

To create a junction:

mklink /j "TARGET" "SOURCE"

To create a symbolic link to a directory

mklink /d "TARGET" "SOURCE"

Example: wonderbird / ai-agent-workspace / scripts / create-skills-links-in-home-win.sh

Hard Links and Symbolic Links on Windows

• Superuser.com: How can I delete a symbolic link?
  Also explains how to create a symbolic link and mklink /d
• Microsoft: Windows Developer / Win32 API / Hard Links and Junctions
• Microsoft: Windows Developer / Win32 API / Creating Symbolic Links
• Microsoft: Windows Developer / Win32 API / CreateSymbolicLinkA function (winbase.h)