Multiple Installs, the Data Folder, and Symbolic Links on Win XP

[Vicker]

How on earth do I set up a symbolic link for my data folders on windows XP? I've been searching around for hours and I can't find anything terribly useful.

[Katharsis]

Junction Link Magic will do it for ya.

[noir]

How would you want to configure it? Which folders need to be set up as symbolic links?

[BobGnarly]

This thread might help you out a little.

[Vicker]

I'm using x64. Winbolic Link and BobGnarly's Junction program don't seem to work for x64. I haven't tried Katharsis's link. Are there any programs out there that are specifically written for x64?

[Otlecs]

program don't seem to work for x64

Junction (downloaded from here)works fine under Vista 64, and I'd expect it to work under XP64 too.

That is making the very obvious assumption that you have an NTFS file system of course

I used it just this past weekend as part of my rebuild after upgrading from Vista32 to Vista64.

What error message do you get?

[Drizzit]

I used this Wiki to do mine. I read it like 10 times before i did it. Just take your time. The first one took me almost 10 minutes to do (wanted to be sure), the next 4 took 10 seconds.

[Vicker]

[quote='Otlecs',index.php?page=Thread&postID=84019# post84019]
[quote]program don't seem to work for x64[/quote]

Junction (downloaded from I used this [url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link']Wiki to do mine. I read it like 10 times before i did it. Just take your time. The first one took me almost 10 minutes to do (wanted to be sure), the next 4 took 10 seconds.[/url]When I attempt to use the "MKLINK" command in cmd, I get an error message that says, "'MKLINK' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

[Vicker]

[quote='Otlecs',index.php?page=Thread&postID=84019# post84019]Junction (downloaded from I used this [url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link']Wiki to do mine. I read it like 10 times before i did it. Just take your time. The first one took me almost 10 minutes to do (wanted to be sure), the next 4 took 10 seconds.[/url]When I attempt to use the "MKLINK" command in cmd, I get an error message that says, "'MKLINK' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

[Vicker]

Sorry for the multiple posts... Something goofy is going on and it won't let me fix it.

I downloaded and ran "Junction.exe". When I try to run the program, a black cmd-looking window flashes on the screen for a split second and then disappears. Nothing else happens.
When I attempt to use the "MKLINK" command in cmd, I get an error message that says, "'MKLINK' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."