WinHardLink

Drives are displayed a bit differently than folders, but you can still create shortcuts and access them with ease. However, you might need particular folders at hand inside the drives Explorer window, and this is exactly the purpose of WinHardLink, letting you create virtual drives, directories, and files.

On the visual side of things, the application keeps things simple, with a large list providing enough space for comfortable view and management of drives, as well as a slim upper toolbar to quickly access most functions. Items you add are all displayed in the same list, with column headers for type, alias, and actual path.

The application is capable of creating three different types of virtual items. These count as drives, folders, and files. The creation process is similar, with the difference being that a virtual drive also lets you choose a custom letter to assign. However, even the virtual drive needs to be based on a source folder on your PC.

You have the chance to leave a drive disabled in the creation process. The state of any item can be toggled at the press of a button directly from the list. Don’t worry if any mistakes are made, because you’re free to edit virtual items on the spot, even if they’re active, without modifying or affecting files inside source directories.

On the bright side, all drives remain active even if the application is closed, and are mounted as soon as you reach the desktop. This saves you some time otherwise needed to launch the application and manually toggle the activation state of each drive.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that WinHardLink comes in handy for creating shortcuts for your drives, folders, and even files. The visual design is easy enough for individuals of all levels of experience to quickly get the hang of things, while drives remain active even on the next system boot.