Creating a symbolic link (junction) on Windows

Creating a symbolic link (junction) on Windows
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Sometimes you want to move larger program folders to a larger drive in order to save space while preserving the original path. This can be achieved by running the following command (ensure that the source folder has been moved to the destination already):

mklink /J C:\[SRC FOLDER PATH] D:\[DEST FOLDER PATH]