Creating Symbolic Link Windows [new] 【Direct • 2026】

The first result made his eyes glaze over. mklink /D [link] [target] . It looked like arcane wizardry. But he was desperate.

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "C:\Path\To\Link" -Target "D:\Path\To\Target" creating symbolic link windows

If you receive the error "You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation" , ensure you are running CMD or PowerShell as , or enable Developer Mode in Windows Settings (Update & Security > For developers). The first result made his eyes glaze over