Windows Symlink Official

Despite their power, symlinks have important limitations. First, are supported but can be confusing; a symlink pointing to ..\Folder\File resolves relative to the symlink's location, not the current working directory of the process. Second, network paths (UNC) can be targeted, but this requires careful configuration and may fail due to network permissions or offline status. Third, symlinks can create circular references (Link A points to B, B points back to A), which can confuse recursive operations like file searches or anti-virus scans, potentially causing infinite loops. Fourth, while most applications respect symlinks, some older or poorly written ones might follow them incorrectly or break when writing through a symlink. Finally, deleting a symlink ( del on a file symlink, rmdir on a directory symlink) removes only the link, not the target. Conversely, deleting the target leaves a broken symlink.

Run the command using this syntax: mklink "Path\To\NewLink.txt" "Path\To\ExistingTarget.txt" windows symlink