Link Shell Extension Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Is there a way to prevent files from being easily deleted?

  If you have games without installers you can create hardlink copies elsewhere on the same drive. It won't take any extra HD space and keeps the files safe regardless of what happens to the torrent directory Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link Https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html. Source: 12 months ago

• Can’t launch Battlefield 4

  Linux folks are used to using symbolic links but if you're on Windows (been a while for me) you can use this to make a symbolic link to your game folder, that's what I've done in the past. Just delete the folder is assumes is your game folder, right-click and create a link there after you've copied your game folder. Source: 12 months ago

• One-way backup with OneDrive

  Get Link Shell Extension from here: https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html . It adds context menu to right-click, where you can create various types of symbolic link/junctions. It also integrates easy handling of removing those links. Alternatively, you will need to manually use a "mklink" Windows command, mklink /J "C:\LinkToFolder" "C:\Users\Name\OriginalFolder" and later you will... Source: over 1 year ago

• Got the Steam Deck Dock!

  Windows NTFS does support symbolic links. Link Shell Extension will add them to the Explorer right-click context menu for easier usage. Source: over 1 year ago

• Why you should make a second account for Master Duel - An In-depth Explanation

  Also if you don't want to have another copy of a 5GB folder you could just make a symbolic link to the original 0000 folder. (Use https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html it's super easy. Right click original 0000 folder pick as source, drop 0000 folder as a symbolic link on the other folder). Source: about 2 years ago

• Change community server files to hard drive but keep game on SSD?

  (Sym|Hard)links which can be easily made with Link Shell Extension. Source: over 2 years ago

• Is there anyway you could have your emulators on your Windows PC cloud sync it’s saves with the same emulators on SteamOS on the Deck?

  If you want to mess with Symbolic links on Windows, you'll needs this to make your life easier, otherwise you'd have to mess with console commands. I can't live without it anymore, I symlink all kinds of stuff in Windows to make backing up what I need easier. Https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html. Source: over 2 years ago

• Can i move my samples onto a new hard drive and then re link them within media bay so that i don't lose all the rating and tagging that I did?

  This utility lets you do that via the Windows right click menu. Simply right click on the folder or files -> Pick link source... And then on the destination folder Right click -> Drop As -> Symbolic link https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html. Source: almost 3 years ago