How do you keep sims files off your C drive in Windows 7?
J. M. Pescado:
Symlinking exists in Windoze 7?
Simsample:
Yes, it does. They are stored as REG_LINK keys in the registry.
Theo:
Quote from: Simsample on 2009 November 05, 10:05:51
Yes, it does. They are stored as REG_LINK keys in the registry.
Yes and no. Symbolic links are supported on the NTFS version shipped with *gasp* Vista. However, the special kind of symlink shown by CtDs - a NTFS directory junction - is supported since Windows 2000, and can only be used to link directories.
The registry REG_LINK keys are not at all related to the file system, and allow you to use HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT as an alias for HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes in windows registry, for example.
CtDs:
Quote from: Theo on 2009 November 05, 11:16:20
Quote from: Simsample on 2009 November 05, 10:05:51
Yes, it does. They are stored as REG_LINK keys in the registry.
Yes and no. Symbolic links are supported on the NTFS version shipped with *gasp*
Vista. However, the special kind of symlink shown by CtDs - a
NTFS directory
junction - is supported since Windows 2000, and can only be used to link
directories.
The registry REG_LINK keys are not at all related to the file system, and allow
you to use HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT as an alias for HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes in windows
registry, for example.
I apologize for contradicting you here, but you can certainly use file symbolic
links as well: mklink /h. This is the default if you give no further arguments.
And you can choose between junctions (/j) and /d directory symbolic links.
The latter kind is used by Windows internally to link various system folders to their
real locations (for example to relink Documents and Settings to Users).
Theo:
Quote from: CtDs on 2009 November 05, 16:08:18
Quote from: Theo on 2009 November 05, 11:16:20
Quote from: Simsample on 2009 November 05, 10:05:51
Yes, it does. They are stored as REG_LINK keys in the registry.
Yes and no. Symbolic links are supported on the NTFS version shipped with *gasp*
Vista. However, the special kind of symlink shown by CtDs - a
NTFS directory
junction - is supported since Windows 2000, and can only be used to link
directories.
The registry REG_LINK keys are not at all related to the file system, and allow
you to use HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT as an alias for HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes in windows
registry, for example.
I apologize for contradicting you here, but you can certainly use file symbolic
links as well: mklink /h. This is the default if you give no further arguments.
And you can choose between junctions (/j) and /d directory symbolic links.
The latter kind is used by Windows internally to link various system folders to their
real locations (for example to relink Documents and Settings to Users).
Don't worry, there's no contradiction there. When I mentioned directory junctions, I was not referring to mklink's general capabilities, but to the example you shown previously:
Quote from: CtDs on 2009 November 03, 21:11:07
Type mklink /J "C:\Users\you\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3" D:\Sims3
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