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can someone tell me about symlink or softlink or symbolic link in windows?

i want to access network drives using softlink, can i do this? how?

thanks in advance.
Nov 18 '07 #1
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Yep, you need to map the drive to your local pc. Right-click 'My Computer' and select the 'Map Network Drive' option.
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