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linkd.exe - create junction of system folder
"George Valkov" <a[ at ]b.com> 12.07.2007 12:13:05
I have moved the "Program Files" folder to a big hard-disk and then created
a junction to it (of cource these two actions can only be performed from a
second installation of windows):

linkd "c:\Program Files" "d:\programs"

Everything works excellent with this new configuration (I've been using it
for more than an year). Programs will not even notice the change.

Unfortunately some very-very rare installators will destroy the junction and
create an empty folder "C:\Program Files" and then install to it. They do
this even when the folder is in use.

Q:
Can I make a junction undestroyable and imune to such installers?


Another example:
I had moved and created a junction "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET" to d:\NET a
long time ago. NET framework has been reinstalled since and there is no
longer a junction. Setup had removed the link. I want to prevent this.


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