Sid The Kid Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Is it possible to make a folder having it's own files AND files of other selected folder(s)?Thanks for helpingSid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 You mean junction points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 I don't know if it's exactl thatWhat I want, is that, folder A will contain it's files and also folder B's (which will be located on another drive) files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 It's impossible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raza Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 U can put shortcuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 But i need the folder A to have the contents of folder B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 just copy and paste the files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 You can create something called "Junction points" aka "symbolic links". The problem is there are three limitations:a.) these two folders must be on same partitionb.) it is NTFS featurec.) it works only on directories, not files. So your folder B will be subdirectory in A folderFor more informations:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_pointFor utilities:http://www.sysinternals.com, utility called Junction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted May 30, 2005 Author Share Posted May 30, 2005 OK thanks for replies I'll try the juction thing to seeAnyway let me expalin you my problem, maybe you would know other issues that sharing folders:I often restore my windows partition to a previous state, but there are folders in that partition I update regularly. These folders (themes folder for example) can't be move so when I restore my partition, I got them in old state (so I need to reinstall my newest themes everytime I restore system). This is just an example of other same sorts of problem.What solution can there be for that?Thanks in advance for replying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Ah, so this is it You should use something different called mirroring - so you will "mirror" your new partition to backup. Easiest way is to download for free Resource Kit 2k3 from Microsoft and use command robocopy with switch /MIR. You dont need to use junction points... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Ok i don't know if i'm understanding everythingthis will add all the contents of a folder to another folder (that I will select) right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 It will synchronize these folders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 Ok is this the one I have to use:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=enDo I have to download it all? Or can I download only some needed parts of it (I need it to be simple to install, cause I have to do it with many pcs) ?Thanks for the help Soulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Yes, thats it. Install the whole package on your PC (RK is must-have) - then just copy robocopy out of the package (you dont need to install)... I am usually (if it is possible in your scenario) placing robocopy to network and calling it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid The Kid Posted June 4, 2005 Author Share Posted June 4, 2005 Ok I tried itIn cmd, i type "robocopy source path dest path" it copies the contents of source folder to destination folder. But what should I do to make it copy the contents automatically?Thanks and sorry for my questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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