Symlink created with mklink not working with IIS7.5 — Windows 7

Question

So while in my IIS root directory (c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot) I\'ve created a symlink to a network drive using:

mdlink /D truthuniversal \"U:\\Truth Universal Full Site\\

Answer 1

I agree that virtual directory in IIS may be what you want, but if you want to minimize IIS maintenance, consider this:

Instead of directory symbolic link: mklink /D
try directory junction: mklink /J

This worked for me and the web apps are able to write to the same directory.

mklink /J App_Data d:\shared\App_Data

worked for me on Windows Server 2008 R2.