Symlink Creator

Symlink Creator is a tiny and portable software application that permits you to seamlessly create symbolic and hard links. It's free and open-source, and it represented a graphical interface for the MKLINK command line in Windows.

Since there is no installation involved, you can drop the program's executable file anywhere on the disk and simply click it to launch Symlink Creator. Another possibility is to save it to a USB flash drive to be able to directly run it on any computer with minimum effort and no previous installers. Worth noting is that, unlike most installers, it doesn't modify Windows registry settings.

The interface is user-friendly but doesn't put emphasis on appearance. It consists of a small window that shows all options provided by the app.

You can create file or directory symbolic links, as well as file or directory hard links. Symlink Creator lets you indicate the source and destination, as well as enter any additional command lines to extend the app's functionality.

The link is then immediately created with the click of a button. Apart from the fact that you can consult a brief help guide, there are no other notable settings supplied by this tool.

Unsurprisingly, it didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the PC, thanks to the fact that it required low CPU and RAM to work properly. We haven't come across any stability issues, since it didn't hang, crash or display error notification.

Although it's just a simplistic graphical interface for creating symbolic links without adding other features to the OS built-in command line, Symlink Creator gets the job done and can be handled by any kind of user.