Using mklink /h results in "Access is denied."

Question

From command prompt with Administrator privilages:

c:\>mklink /h c:\dirA c:\Users\Piotr\dirB
Access is denied.

I'm on Vista x64. Using /j or /d instead of /h works. What's the problem?

David d C e Freitas · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12T07:16:15.470

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Hard links can only be used for files, not directories.

References: MSDN: Hard Links and Junctions, <1>, and <2>

edited Apr 12 '11 at 07:16

answered Apr 11 '11 at 10:30

David d C e Freitas

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score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 08 '19 at 17:52

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You can use the /j switch to create a directory soft link. Be careful with the del command. To remove link to directory use the rmdir command, as del will delete all files in the directory the link points to.

edited Mar 08 '19 at 17:52

DavidPostill

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answered Aug 25 '12 at 07:12

labiol

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '11 at 18:59

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I had the same issue: check that the file or folder that you are trying to create doesn't already exist (c:\dirA).

answered Apr 08 '11 at 18:59

David d C e Freitas

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Using mklink /h results in "Access is denied."

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