Copying links and junctions

[Patrick Schönbach]

How can I copy a folder structure preserving all links and junctions?

[admin]

Copy a folders structure without files to another location? Links ARE files.

[bossi]

he means junctions get lost when doing a copy and paste

why not create another junction instead of copy paste ? )

anyways , only time i worry about preserving Junctions is doing backups onto another ssd , i use syncback for that , it has granular control over how Junctions and Hardlinks etc are treated ...

[admin]

he means junctions get lost when doing a copy and paste

I think this is what File Explorer does, too, so it's kind of the standard. Currently there are no plans to offer more granularity here.

[Patrick Schönbach]

Basically, I have a folder/file structure that serves as a template for new instances. Some parts of this structure are shared and should be linked, not copied. I am looking for a way to replicate this without having to manually recreate the links and junctions.

[highend]

Scripting...

[admin]

No time to test, but this tweak should do the trick for junctions (2048 is COPY_FILE_COPY_SYMLINK):

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CustomCopyFlags=2048

You probably need admin rights for it to work.
And, of course, this must be ticked: Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | Use Custom Copy

[Patrick Schönbach]

No time to test, but this tweak should do the trick for junctions (2048 is COPY_FILE_COPY_SYMLINK):

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CustomCopyFlags=2048

You probably need admin rights for it to work.
And, of course, this must be ticked: Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | Use Custom Copy

Where do I put this? In xyplorer.ini? If so, which section?

[admin]

https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=tweak

[Patrick Schönbach]

No time to test, but this tweak should do the trick for junctions (2048 is COPY_FILE_COPY_SYMLINK):

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CustomCopyFlags=2048

You probably need admin rights for it to work.
And, of course, this must be ticked: Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | Use Custom Copy

It still creates a .copy of the junction's content.

[admin]

Okay, I'll check that later.

[Patrick Schönbach]

Is it possible to use Custom Copy for "New XY"? That would be cool.

[admin]

Hä?

[Patrick Schönbach]

Hä?

Last time I used "New XY", the normal Windows copy routine was used.

[admin]

What is "New XY"?