Windows Symbolic Link Maker : Create symbolic links for files and folders, and optionally make the file links hard using this approachable program with simple options
Windows Symbolic Link Maker is an easy-to-use software application that enables you to seamlessly put together symbolic links for files and folders.It comes bundled with an approachable set of options that can be tackled with ease by all types of users, even the ones not accustomed to such software.
No setup required, besides .NET Framework
The entire tool's packed in a single .exe file that you can save anywhere on the disk or copy to a USB flash drive, in order to seamlessly run it on any PC. It doesn't make any changes in the system registry or create files on the disk without asking for permission. However, you must have .NET Framework installed, since it was developed with the help of this platform.
Create symbolic links for files and folders
When it comes to the interface, Windows Symbolic Link Maker opts for a small window with a plain appearance and simple layout, where all options are visible. You can pick the link type between file and directory, handpick the target and file, as well as optionally make the file links hard.All changes are applied with the click of a button and it's not necessary to restart the computer to inspect results. On the other hand, there are no options implemented for putting together multiple links at the same time, in order to speed up an overall lengthy task which involves creating numerous links for files and directories.
Evaluation and conclusion
Unsurprisingly from such a compact tool, it didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the machine in our tests, thanks to the fact that it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to function normally. No error dialogs popped up and it didn't hang or crash.To wrap it up, Windows Symbolic Link Maker facilitates a user-friendly interface for quickly creating symbolic links for files and folders.
Windows Symbolic Link Maker runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
MIT License
license
— the installer is 76 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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