Virtual Folders

[MrDoomMaster]

I was wondering if there was a way to use virtual folders (or at least something like it) in windows xp?

I am interested in making all references to a specific folder route to a different one. For example, if any programs reference folder C:\MyStuff, it should immediately take them to C:\OtherStuff, assuming that they have been 'linked'.

Thanks for any help.

[Steve R Jones]

Inside MyStuff you can create a Shortcut to OtherStuff.

Might look into Tweakui. You can customize the "Places Bar."

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[kazuking]

I don't think there is such a feature on XP. The only thing similar would be virtual directory on IIS. You install iis, create virtual directory, and then have the program request localhost/directory.
Why do you need a virtual forwarder anyway?

[MrDoomMaster]

Inside MyStuff you can create a Shortcut to OtherStuff.

Might look into Tweakui. You can customize the "Places Bar."

"FREE" Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
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The reason I need to do this is because I am developing a game for a cellphone emulator that has a horrible game data directory.

Basically, lets assume I have the following file in the following folder:

C:\GameData\MyData.dat

Now, lets say the emulator is looking in this directory for MyData.dat:

C:\EmuData\AnotherDir\

When the emulator, in code, references the following path:

C:\EmuData\AnotherDir\MyData.dat

The emulated folder AnotherDir, should actually point to GameData folder. If 'AnotherDir' is a shortcut, will it be treated as a directory? Thanks...

[kazuking]

I know it is time consuming, but couldn't you just copy the .dat file into your C:\EmuData\AnotherDir directory?
Or
Is there a setting within emulator to allow custom paths?

I guess the real question is, do you need to have the two seprate locations for a reason? Why can't you save your work in C:\EmuData\AnotherDir\ and work from there?

[Tuttle]

The good news is that what you want does exist in NTFS; the Windows term is "reparse points" (although they're commonly known as junctions or symlinks).

The bad news is that they're a pain to work with. Windows doesn't include any way to make them, but if you download the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tools then there's a command line util called linkd.exe which will do it. They can be removed with the built-in fsutil command.

For more info, see KB 205524.