Windows Symbolic Links [new] -

mklink /D "C:\Dev" "D:\OneDrive\Projects\Code"

Get-ChildItem -Force | Select-Object Name, LinkType, Target If LinkType isn't blank, you've found a portal. Symbolic links turn Windows from a rigid filing cabinet into a dynamic, relational database of storage. They allow you to decouple logical organization (where programs think files are) from physical storage (where the bits actually spin).

mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Game\Mods" "E:\HugeDrive\Mods" Here is the single biggest annoyance: On Windows, creating symlinks requires Administrator privileges by default. This breaks many build tools (Node.js, Python, Rust) that try to create symlinks during installation.