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yeah, this is 100% safest solution after you know that powershell does not give a s**t about rmdir
– test30
Commented Jul 3, 2014 at 14:54
This is a clever precaution. +1
– Hanna
Commented Mar 4, 2015 at 17:11
Warning: I don't think this MIGHT not work on Win10 since it's fixing shortcuts upon renaming. (At least classic Shortcuts) Not tested though.
– Hexo
Commented Sep 29, 2017 at 13:26
I did this just in case. After I renamed the target folder, the symbolink link failed when I tried to access it, so I could delete it without worrying.
– Andrew
Commented Apr 14, 2018 at 0:39

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