Symbolic link or Junction to a Networked Samba Share

Question

I have a samba share mounted as a network drive. However, I can't make any sort of symbolic link or junction point to it. Is this possible?

When I try the following command:

mklink /D X:\Samba\dir C:\path_to_dir

I get "The file or directory is not a reparse point."

mklink /J X:\Samba\dir C:\path_to_dir

I get "Local NTFS volumes are required to complete this operation."

Any thoughts?

Is there possibly one drive that is FAT32 ?
– user986363
Commented Mar 2, 2017 at 9:44 — user986363, Commented Mar 2, 2017 at 9:44

HemantSafeCode · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-31 06:49:59Z

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It works like this

mklink /d "C:\path_to_dir" "X:\Samba\dir"

answered Jul 31, 2014 at 6:49

HemantSafeCode

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I used mklink /d path_to_dir X:\Samba\dir but it doesn't work, but providing the absolute path mklink /d C:\path_to_dir X:\Samba\dir does work
– phuclv
Commented May 5, 2017 at 2:44

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