Most likely this RFE already has been requested, but I haven't found a thread.
Please provide support for creating symlinks on NTFS volumes, similar to the mklink tool. Thanks in advance.
symlink support
Re: symlink support
Is there no one else interested in such a feature?
Re: symlink support
I found it! Plugins > Automation > Make Link already does it.
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Re: symlink support
To make symbolic link/hard link/junction you can use the "Make Link" script for the Automation plugin. The script is installed by default and you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it through the Plugins Manager.
Re: symlink support
Unfortunately, it does not work on XP (mklink seems not available there). Beside that the dialog looks somehow strange layed out.
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Re: symlink support
Correct.mklink seems not available there
Wonder if that may not be theme or font size (scaling) related?Beside that the dialog looks somehow strange layed out
(Looks normal on my XP "classic".)
ln.exe or link.exe (found in gnuwin32, ...bin.zip) I would think (though not tested) would work.
You would have to adjust the .js script (certainly for the gnu version, possibly for the other).
(Don't know offhand if a Win7 mklink.exe runs on XP?)
Oh and Link Shell Extension (LSE) will give you a context menu option that should work from within Salamander.
WinXP Pro SP3 or Win7 x86 | SS 2.54
Re: symlink support
Symlinks are not well supported under XP. According to the NTFS symlink Wikipedia article, symlinks were introduced with the NTFS revision shipped in Vista, so XP officially knows only junction points, which are a similar thing, but only for directories.
But, to keep things interesting, Windows XP's Explorer handles junction points really badly:
But, to keep things interesting, Windows XP's Explorer handles junction points really badly:
Wikipedia wrote:Deleting a junction point using Windows Explorer will delete the targeted files immediately if using shift-delete (Windows 2000/XP/2003). the command del myjunction should not be used – this will just delete all the files in the targeted directory. Deleting a junction point using Explorer is safe since Vista.
Ελληνικά rulez.
Re: symlink support
I remember I used symlinks even on WinXP, I used cmd commands, but did you try AS "run as administrator"?