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Name: ycs2k
Date: January 11, 2006 at 21:38:00 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 512
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How to mount a directory to a directory in windows. e.g. c:\MyWork\work -> d:\Tmp\work1\test

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Name: James Greenwood
Date: January 12, 2006 at 03:13:41 Pacific
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I think the only way is by using a special NTFS 5.0 feature called "junction points". Here is a Wikipedia article on the matter: NTFS junction point.

In UNIX-like systems, you can use the ln command to create symbolic links between files and directories. From this page:

"Microsoft has indicated that true symbolic linking will be supported in Windows as of the release of Windows Vista/Windows Longhorn Server."

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Name: jefro
Date: January 12, 2006 at 13:46:36 Pacific
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There used to be a way to do this in dos I think.?? (been a LONG time) Might study that to see if any still works. It wasn't called mount but something else. Can't remember.


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