How to create symbolic links in Windows?

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Published on 2008-09-05T21:04:02Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 17:33 UTC
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I've tried Winbolic (Windows XP), but i can't get it to work the way I want.

Am I wrong here?:

If I create a symbolic link within a folder in my %PATH%, the referenced directory should work as if it had actually been added to %PATH%, right?

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