How To Create Symbolic Link Windows ((install)) May 2026

New-Item -Path "link_path" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "target_path" For a file:

mklink "C:\Users\YourName\Desktop\shortcut.txt" "D:\Documents\original.txt" how to create symbolic link windows

mklink /D "C:\Projects\current" "D:\Archives\project_2025" how to create symbolic link windows