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Windows 7 Alias
Open the Command Prompt as an Administrator,
mklink /D C:\apps \\.psf\data-vmshared\apps mklink /D C:\vmdata \\psf\data-vmshared\vmdata
dir should result in the following,
C:\>dir Volume in drive C is Prime Volume Serial Number is DC22-BC51 Directory of C:\ 24/09/2010 03:32 PM <SYMLINKD> apps \[\\.psf\data-vmshared\apps\] 13/07/2009 11:20 PM <DIR> PerfLogs 29/10/2010 01:33 AM <DIR> Program Files 29/10/2010 02:23 AM <DIR> Program Files (x86) 29/10/2010 01:42 AM <DIR> svn 24/09/2010 02:34 PM <DIR> Users 01/11/2010 10:22 PM <SYMLINKD> vmdata \[\\psf\data-vmshared\vmdata\] 28/10/2010 09:21 PM <DIR> Windows 0 File(s) 0 bytes 8 Dir(s) 54,830,313,472 bytes free
Notice the two SYMLINK directories.