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"There are three types of symbolic links .. Object Manager Symbolic Links, Registry Key Symbolic Links and NTFS Mount Points .. a fourth type, NTFS Symbolic Links"

How did Unix ever manage with only the one type of symbolic link

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Because Unix uses the file system for everything Windows uses the object manager. Windows maps parts of the object manager to pre-existing concepts, like drive letters, for backwards compatibility. And, well, Windows has a registry, for better or for worse.

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