[PYTHON] A tool for creating symbolic links on Windows
Overview
I often had the opportunity to create symlinks in a windows environment, so
I made my own tool to create symbolic links from the right-click menu.
environment
- Windows10 Pro
- python3.6.8
- pyinstaller3.4
github repository
https://github.com/nakashimn/win_symlink
Preparation
Git clone the tool
- git clone the above github repository
Group policy settings
- Open "Create Symbolic Link" in the figure below from "Group Policy Settings".
- Add a user
(Reference) https://qiita.com/masinc000/items/512d0a46f53be4180852
Added a tool to "Send" in the right-click menu
- In Explorer, specify shell: sendto to open the "Send" directory.
- Create a shortcut for src / dist / winsymlink.exe in the git clone directory in the above directory
How to use
- Right-click on the file or directory where you want to create a symbolic link
- Select symlink from the "Send" menu
- A symbolic link is created in the same directory with the name ** _symlink *