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What are the differences between different types of symbolic link in Windows?

The Microsoft website tells me;

/d Creates a directory symbolic link. By default, mklink creates a file symbolic link. 
/h Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/j Creates a Directory Junction.

I'm still none the wiser as to what the differences are between a directory symbolic link, a hard link and a directory junction.

Jonny Wright
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  • Question about directory junction has already been answered: http://superuser.com/questions/343074/directory-junction-vs-directory-symbolic-link Answer to soft/hard links http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-symbolic-soft-and-hard-links.html – mrwhale May 27 '14 at 00:07
  • http://superuser.com/a/752580/8972 – paradroid May 27 '14 at 02:10
  • Some Microsoft articles: [Hard Links and Junctions](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365006%28v=vs.85%29.aspx), [Symbolic Links](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365680%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) – and31415 May 27 '14 at 07:09

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