JunctionMaster

Tweaking your file configuration by resorting to NTFS junction points and symbolic links comes with the benefit of allowing you to move content without having to worry about inter-relational aspects.

This is precisely what a software utility such as JunctionMaster offers to help you with, since it lets you to move and link folders without asking for considerable efforts.

First things first, you need to know that the program’s user interface is on the lightweight side, since it integrates with File Explorer, letting you access its capabilities simply by right-clicking any folder whose location you want to change.

As for how the program manages to relocate your folders, you need to know that once it moves them, it creates a hard link, also called a junction, to the new location. In order to select the original as well as the output path, you just need to browse through your directories and click the “Move and Link” button once you have all figured out.

What happens at this point is that you can access your folder just as before, at the initial location, even though, in reality, it will be placed in a new drive, for instance. Their path will remain the same, which means you can rest assured that you don’t need to specify a new location for programs employing said folders.

If you are curious to know how JunctionMaster’s capabilities can be applied in real-life scenarios, it is worth noting that they come in handy especially when handling large folders whose migration could have an impact on third-party apps, when coming up with a new hard drive that should store old files, when trying to minimize writes to an SSD, and more.

It is important to know that once you decide to remove a junction, all you need to to is launch the program and indicate the folder you want it to scan, with the possibility of having subfolders inspected as well.

In order to prevent data loss, be aware that deleting either the original files or the relocated ones will result in their disappearance from both locations.

JunctionMaster is an approachable piece of software designed to help you create hard links to folders you want to move from one location to another. It integrates with File Explorer and proves to be lightweight and responsive, so it does deliver.