ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 125

In Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can create a "junction folder"/"Symbolic link" to redirect the contents of one to another.

Simply type:

mklink /d "c:\data\network docs" "\\server\shareddata\"

I have not tested it with a FQDN, but as far as I can tell, it should work. I have tested it with a network mapped drive, and this works perfectly... so at a last resort, you can map first, then do this.

The /d creates a directory (c:\data\network docs in this example) and it must not exist. It will be created by this command.

You must have admin privileges when you run CMD. You can do this under an admin account by pressing ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter when you run CMD.

The end result is also achievable in Windows XP, but it is not as easy. Guide here

ANSWER 2

Score 12

It runs ok for me:

net use \\\server\share\folder1\folder2
mklink /d "C:\Users\Admin\test\mi_enlace" \\\server\share\folder1\folder2

ANSWER 3

Score 8

For PowerShell:

(Remember to run as Administrator!!!)

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "C:\Somewhere At SMB Client" -Target "\\SMB-SERVER\Somewhere"

And if you want to delete it, simply delete it in File Explorer. DO NOT CALL rm OR del in PowerShell, as it would delete all the files. Instead, cmd /c "rmdir C:\Somewhere At SMB Client" or (Get-Item C:\Somewhere At SMB Client).Delete() would do the trick.

ANSWER 4

Score 3

This is an example fore the solution already provided by William Hilsum

open cmd
type: cd \folder-parent-of-the-folder-to-clone
type: deltree folder-to-clone (or you will get the following error: Cannot create a file when that file already exists)
type: mklink /d "folder-to-clone" "g:
\folder-to-clone"
The software will prompt: symbolic link created for folder-to-clone <<===>> g:\folder-to-clone