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Prasoon Srivastava
Prasoon Srivastava

Reputation: 330

Retrieve target of existing Symbolic Link folder in Windows

It may seem a very noob to a few but I am trying to retrieve the the target of an existing symbolic link folder in Windows. I checked the properties of this link but nothing was displayed. How can I do it?

Edit: issue is in Windows Server 2008.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6638

Answers (1)

Prasoon Srivastava
Prasoon Srivastava

Reputation: 330

I got the information about the linked "target" by using the dir command. I did the following:

  1. Changed the directory to the parent of symbolic link folder in Command Prompt.
  2. Used the dir command

The file type of the symbolic link was displayed as <<Junction>> and the target location was displayed in the very next column.

edit: This problem is in Windows Server 2008.

Upvotes: 3

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