What is the difference between NTFS hard links and directory junctions?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/67870/wh...

Question links:
[Junction points]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_juncti...
[Hard links]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link
[Symbolic (soft) links]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbol...

Accepted answer links:
[Also some information from Microsoft itself]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...

Answer 2 links:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows...
["directory junction" vs "directory symbolic link"?]: https://superuser.com/questions/343074/d...

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