Can AutoIt re-route folders?

[LWC]

If program X tries to save its files in, for example, c:\programX\data\, can AutoIt fool it to think the folder is actually c:\myuser\data\ ? Kind of like evnset except for paths. Workingdir isn't the solution because the program has to run from its own folder.

Thanks!

Edited March 11, 2012 by LWC

[MilesAhead]

http://ipggi.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/windows-file-junctions-symbolic-links-and-hard-links/

[LWC]

Any solution for Windows XP?

[MilesAhead]

I suppose you could hook the file handling api calls. Seems like a lot of work though. Also a lot of debugging.

[rover]

  On 3/11/2012 at 7:16 AM, 'LWC said:

If program X tries to save its files in, for example, c:programXdata, can AutoIt fool it to think the folder is actually c:myuserdata ? Kind of like evnset except for paths. Workingdir isn't the solution because the program has to run from its own folder.

Thanks!

Use linkd.exe from the windows resource kit

http://ss64.com/nt/mklink.html

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17657

or Sysinternals Junction

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

a trick that uses a special desktop.ini

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/manu...ng-junction-points-in-windows-

Edited March 12, 2012 by rover

[LWC]

Hey rover, linkd and Junction do the job. But see this comment about the special desktop.ini:

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This isn't documented for a reason. This creates a pseudo-junction that only works in Explorer and the Shell. It does not work internally for either high or low level I/O.

Thanks 69255 for actually coming up with an AutoIt command. Too bad it's a hardlink and not a softlink.

Anyway, the problem with soft/hardlinks is that they work per system and not per session (unlike environment variables which AutoIt can launch). So only one user can use c:programXdata at a single time.

Moreover, neither FileCreateNTFSLink nor linkd nor Junction can link to a remote share.

[guinness]

What about this? >>

Edit: This is now in WinAPIEx for those of us who use the UDF.

Edited March 12, 2012 by guinness

[LWC]

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This function requires Windows Vista or later.

Plus it doesn't solve the multi-user issue.

[guinness]

OK, sorry. Missed the point about only working on Windows XP.