Figure 1. C:\mydoc\progfile is a link folder that links to the target folder C:\Program Files.
Introduction
Create Folder Links
Remove Folder Links
Folder Link's Property Page
Link Folder is a Windows shell extension which creates folder links to existing folders. A folder link is a junction point or symbolic link, which points to another folder called a target folder on the same file system. The folder link appears as its target folder in a different location and is transparent for any Windows application and and user operations. It is like a symbolic link for directory on Unix systems.
Figure 1. C:\mydoc\progfile is a link folder that
links to the target folder C:\Program Files.
In some situations you want to share a folder by different purpose, you need create a folder link in a different folder to point to the shared folder.
If you create a folder link by linkd.exe from Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit, deleting the folder link will deletes files in the target folder without warning. This is a big problem impeding people to use the junction point feature provided by new Windows versions. This problem is resolved by Link Folder. If Link Folder is installed, it detects if a folder link will be deleted. When a folder link is deleted, Link Folder removes its junction point first before the folder link is deleted.
Link Folder shows an overlay icon on each folder link to indicate that it is a junction point.
When you right-click a target folder from Windows Explorer, a context menu with Link Folder will be showed.
Figure 2. The context menu of Create Folder Link
To move the cursor to Link Folder menu and click its submenu Create Folder Link, the dialog box of Create Folder Link will be displayed. Typing or browsing the folder link path in the editor control of folder link path and click OK, a folder link will be created. The folder as a link must be an empty folder before a folder link is created. Otherwise, the operation will be failed.
Figure 3. The dialog to create a new folder link
Right-click a folder link from Windows Explorer, a context menu with Link Folder will be showed.
Figure 4. The context menu of Remove Folder Link
To move the cursor to Link Folder menu and click its submenu Remove Folder Link, the dialog box of Remove Folder Link will be displayed. Click the Yes button, the junction point will be removed and the folder becomes a regular folder.
Figure 5. The dialog of confirmation to remove a link
If you want to check a folder link's target folder, right-click the folder link and select Properties from the context menu. A property page will be showed. Click the tab of Target Folder, the folder link's target folder information will be displayed.
Figure 6. The property page of a folder link