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Vista's Limited Symlinks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the link-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Symlinks haven't really been added to Windows Vista. It seems that the calls to the Windows Vista symlink API only occur during the creation of such files or when accessing them from Windows Explorer. What this means is, you can't access symlinks from another OS. To be fair, you probably didn't expect to be able to dual-boot into XP and suddenly have access to the symlinks you created on the Vista partition earlier that day. But then again, you probably expected to be able to access these symlinks through a network share/UNC path or as files on a webserver. But you can't." From the article: "Clearly, Vista's symlink API isn't complete — hopefully this is something that can be patched via a hotfix and that we don't have to wait for Fiji to get something as simple as UNC support built in."

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  1. Shorter titles are Sweeter by Hexstream · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vista's limited.

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  2. Neosmart's limited servers by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 7C8224B2

  3. Apparently... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't squirt files across OS's yet.

  4. Yeah, sure. by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Link, please.

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  5. Re:obligatory quote by sco08y · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." -Henry Spencer

    And those who understand Unix wrote the Unix Hater's Handbook...

  6. Re:obligatory quote by finity · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you reinvent Unix poorly, does that make it a decent OS?



    Laugh.

  7. Obligatory rebuttal by Tim+C · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire.

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    1. Re:Obligatory rebuttal by Mr2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Bullshit! Witty sayings are the very essence of wisdom, and I should know." -- Oscar Wilde

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    2. Re:Obligatory rebuttal by EnsilZah · · Score: 3, Funny

      "People will take anything you say seriously if you put a famous name next to it." -Albert Einstein

  8. Only on Slashdot... by StarkRG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only on Slashdot can a first post be redundant...

  9. Re:Holy negativity Batman! by AHuxley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Link, or do not link. There is no 'try.'

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  10. Don't underestimate Vista by Inaffect · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think its right to just attack Windows Vista because of a few problems. I mean it is not perfect and will not behave exactly the same as Linux, and this is Slashdot, but Microsoft, as a commercial entity, has done a good job providing a quality OS for computer users. Microsoft, no matter how much you may think they've "lied, cheated, and stealed" their way to the top, only has the profitability and money they have due to consumers. And they do make legitimate attempts at patching their OS and working towards improving it. I've also had about 6 Coors Lights tonight since its the weekend.

  11. Re:[Off-topic] Your sig by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Theory is his dog, and it often pisses on his shoe and humps the fireplug down the street. Theory is old.

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