I recently set up my computer by splitting the drives into an OS drive and a separate storage drive. While researching, I found out that programs can still function even if they're placed on different drives by utilizing symbolic links. For instance, I can move Discord to another drive and create a symbolic link to its AppData/Local folder, which works fine.
However, creating a symbolic link for each individual program that installs in AppData sounds tedious. My main question is: Is there a way to create a symbolic link for the entire AppData folder? If not the whole folder, can I at least link the subfolders like Local, LocalLow, and Roaming? Using symbolic links seems to be the best way to organize my files the way I prefer, so I'm looking for some guidance on this.
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Yes, you can definitely create a symbolic link for the AppData folder! It's a handy method that many people are unaware of, and it can help with organization. Just make sure to replicate the same folder structure when you set it up on the different drive.
So, if I create an "AppData" link exactly like the original one, Windows will recognize it as the real thing?