One Friday afternoon, Maya needed space on C:. She saw a folder she didn’t recognize— TempCache —and deleted it. It disappeared instantly. No Recycle Bin warning because, as far as Windows was concerned, it was just a symlink.
```powershell New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path mylink -Target C:\Users\Username\Documents\file.txt
One Friday afternoon, Maya needed space on C:. She saw a folder she didn’t recognize— TempCache —and deleted it. It disappeared instantly. No Recycle Bin warning because, as far as Windows was concerned, it was just a symlink.
```powershell New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path mylink -Target C:\Users\Username\Documents\file.txt