Windows Vista- Fasted Access to Complicated Directories

This method consider about complicated directories access in a quick way. In continuously used data in the same folder structure on the hard disk. Vista mainly uses the hard links to re-route folder at times. You will re-route consecutively used virtual directories in Vista. Some special folders can be recognized in Explorer with the additional link arrow as a symbol and this is simple. Programs which use the old folder must function correctly in Vista. With the use of the tool ‘mklink.exe’, the principles of hard links used by the system create a symbolic link, which can later open in Explorer.

You must run the command form a command prompt with administrator rights. For that, Enter-> cmd in the search field of the start menu, right click on the displayed program ‘cmd.exe’ and choose the context command ‘ Run as administrator’.

mklink /d C:photos C:usersfolder namedocumentsphotos.

With the above command, you can get direct access to the image folder of the user related folder name.

The process of access to the folder is blocked you will want to modify the authorization settings of the folder. It can be easily checking on the folder concerned and chose ‘Properties’ context command. Switch to the “Security” tab and click on “Advanced”. You will notice that the group ‘Permission’ denies the authorization ‘Read & Execute’. In few programs like Antivirus program and System tools cannot handle hard links properly. They consider the re-routed folder as a separate directory and execute the task twice which takes up unnecessary time.

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