HardLink ShellExtension description
A tool for the creation of HardLinks, Junctions, and SymbolicLinks

The NTFS filesystem of NT4/W2K/WXP/WXP64 supports HardLink functionality, but HardLinks can only be created via the POSIX command ln, which is shipped with the Windows resourcekit. Even if with POSIX commands, HardLinks can only be created via the command prompt, which is a kind of a mess for many files.

The Link Shell Extension is a free and useful utility that can implement an extension to the Windows shell explorer, so that HardLinks, Junctions, and SymbolicLinks can be comfortably created via right mouse click on a selection of one or multiple files.

Limitations:

· The Link Shell Extension can only be used with the supported plattforms.
· HardLinks can only be made on NTFS volumes, under the supported plattforms.
· HardLinks can only be made within one NTFS volumes, and can not span accross NTFS volumes.
· HardLinks can only be made on *fixed* NTFS volumes.
· HardLinks can only be made on local NTFS volumes.
· Junctions can only be made on NTFS volumes, under W2K/WXP.
· Junctions can only be made within one NTFS volumes, and can not span accross NTFS volumes.
· The Pick Link Source and Drop Hardlink of shell explorer are only visibile, if it is possible to create HardLinks/Junctions/SymbolicLinks. E.g: If you select a file on a FAT drive, press the right mouse button, you will not see the Pick Link Source context menue, because FAT file systems, don't support HardLinks/Junctions/SymbolicLinks. This also happens, if you select source files on a network drive, or select a file as destination, and so on.