So now you can add files to the folder from either location and both will have the same contents since it’s actually one folder, not two. If you open that folder, the path will show as if it’s stored in D:\SkryDrive, when it actually stored in SkyDrive Test under My Documents. After the link is created, you’ll see the Test folder inside of SkyDrive folder with a shortcut icon:
So I am telling Windows to create a symbolic link folder in the SkyDrive folder and the source for that folder should be the SkyDrive Test folder.
You can name that Test folder anything you like. As you can see, I don’t need to crete the Test folder in the SkyDrive folder, the mklink command will do that for me. It takes two parameters: the first is the location of the symbolic link you want to create and the second is the source directory.
We are creating a symbolic link (symlink) using the mklink command. So let me explain what we are doing here. Mklink /J "D:\SkyDrive\Test" "C:\Users\Aseem\Documents\SkyDrive Test" To do this, you have to open an elevated command prompt and type in the following command: So I want to sync the SkyDrive Test folder to my SkyDrive account folder without moving it. As you can see below, I have my SkyDrive folder on the left and a folder called SkyDrive Test in My Documents. To achieve for Dropbox or SkyDrive, I have created an example to walk you through the process.
How to sync Folders for Dropbox / SkyDrive A symbolic link is in big lines similar to creating a shortcut to a folder, but it’s more permanent and acts like a separate folder. I learned that the best way to do this is to use symbolic links in Windows. I was searching for a way to map my folders in My Documents or wherever I had them and still have them sync with the cloud services. A major issue that I have is that I want to sync my folders with these cloud services, but I don’t like the fact that I have to copy or move all the files to some special folders.
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