Windows 10: Trouble when creating symbolic link

I signed in to Adminsitrator account to change my main user profile folder name from "MyBook Hype AMD" to "Jamie". I changed it by changing the value of the ProfileImagePath in Registry Editor from "C:\Users\MyBook Hype AMD" to "C:\Users\Jamie", and then also renaming the user profile folder in File Explorer from "MyBook Hype AMD" to "Jamie". After that tried to create symbolic link but I ran the wrong command in elevated command prompt. I typed 'mklink /d "C:\Users\Mybook Hype AMD" "C:\Users\Jamie"' I typed "Mybook" with lowercase "b" instead of "MyBook". And it returns "symbolic link crea

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Symbolic link (Junction/s), how-to mklink? Please help with Junction?

Hi all, having been a member at Seven then Ten forums for a fair while I'm hoping to find a straight answer here..? Apologies in advance if this is too verbose.
Windows 10 system booting from (UEFI) NVME with 2xSSDs + 2 MHDDs for storage...

An application (Xperia Companion) which will not let me select or personalise the location for saving backups of my cellular phone data...

Think I found a fair definition of the differences at the Computer hope site which would suggest it's a Junction I need:

I want Xperia companion to save backups to F:\Sony Backups NOT the default C:\Users\GD\Documents\Sony. Would the Junction (link) allow me to to fulfill my wants and could someone please demonstrate the mklink commands needed?

with thanks and regards,
Dave

 

mklink /D - symbolic link created but file access is denied via the link

I have literally the same problem. I could create symbolic links of folders with no problem from a specific disk to another until recently.

Now symbolic links from that disk to folders on other disks don't work anymore. Access denied.

Interestingly symbolic links on other disks to folders on other disks work. So do symbolic links on the problematic disk to
files on other disks - just not symbolic folder links.

The problem is really just with symbolic folder links on one specific disk.

The permissions and integrity level of the disk in question are exactly the same as the other disks that don't produce this problem.

Something is still different with the disk in question. But what could it be ?

What exactly happens when a symbolic link to a folder (not a file) is created ? And what happens when that folder link is being used to access other folders within the remote location ?

Cause frankly it is curious that once a folder link is accessed that accessing a folder within that link would produce the error "Location is not available - The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive."

Why is it trying to move a file to a different drive ? After all I'm just listing folder contents.

Mind you the symbolic link to the folder on another disk lets me access the folder (list its contents), but i cannot access the files within the folder or even open other folders within the link.

 

Can't delete folders/files within a symbolic link or junction mklink

Thanks again. I just tried this - assuming a performed all steps correctly:



I then created the new symlink and got the same results when trying to delete a folder: