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Windows 8 upgrade – junctions
I have junctions set up for numerous folders (mostly program data folders in AppData\Local and AppData\Roaming within my user profile) - junctions set up using the mklink DOS command so that these various folders are all in one location, making backups easier.
Once the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 is done will these junctions still be in place? Or will they need to be re-established? I am assuming that the system folder hierarchy is the same on W7 and W8.
This is just out of curiosity since, once the upgrade is done, I’ll just have to look to see whether the junctioned folders exist and, if not, run the .bat files that I have to set them up.
Once the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 is done will these junctions still be in place? Or will they need to be re-established? I am assuming that the system folder hierarchy is the same on W7 and W8.
This is just out of curiosity since, once the upgrade is done, I’ll just have to look to see whether the junctioned folders exist and, if not, run the .bat files that I have to set them up.
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Thanks, chuck.
The junctions mean that all the data that is important to me (my own stuff plus that for programs which I use regularly) is in a partition of its own. I back up that partition at least once a day and it's simple to do - no actions required to make sure that it's up to date, no unnecessary duplications of folders and that backup contains just what I want, no extraneous folders that Windows might decide to include.
The junctions mean that all the data that is important to me (my own stuff plus that for programs which I use regularly) is in a partition of its own. I back up that partition at least once a day and it's simple to do - no actions required to make sure that it's up to date, no unnecessary duplications of folders and that backup contains just what I want, no extraneous folders that Windows might decide to include.
I'm quite happy with this arrangement, it's a lot tidier than having these folders scattered all over the place; I also use junctions for other reasons such as running Firefox from a ram drive.
I expect not having the Start button would seem like a nightmare to some but that is how I have had W7 set up since before the details of W8 became known, and that means that it's absence in W8 is no big deal for me.
I expect not having the Start button would seem like a nightmare to some but that is how I have had W7 set up since before the details of W8 became known, and that means that it's absence in W8 is no big deal for me.
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