Windows 10 Add Copy-Paste as Symbolic Link or Junction

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Windows 10 Add Copy-Paste as Symbolic Link or Junction

English: Add a menu item of Paste Symlink to the Windows right-click menu

中文：给Windows的右键菜单添加粘贴成符号链接的菜单项

paste-symlink.ps1

# Add windows Explorer Right-Click menu to paste copied item as SymbolicLink with PowerShell
# Locate file on D:\GitHub\gist\82e4385532be90eac99546df99a2854d\

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$location
)

Set-Location $location
$files = Get-Clipboard -Format FileDropList
$count = $files.count;
if ($count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output "No file(s) in clipboard"
    Pause
}
else {
    Write-Output "Making Junction/Link of $count files"
    foreach ($file in $files) {
        if ( (Test-Path $file.Name) -eq $true ) {
            Write-Output "$($file.Name) Exists"
            Pause
        }
        else {
            # When enable develper mode, New-Item require admin on some computer, but mklink no require... why?!!
            # New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Name $file.name -Target $file

            # `file.Attributes` to check path is a directory is invalid on some computer...replace to `Test-Path`.
            # if ($file.Attributes -eq 'Directory') {
            if ((Test-Path $file -PathType Container) -eq $true) {
                # Write-Output "dir"
                cmd /c mklink /d $file.name $file
            }
            else {
                # Write-Output "file"
                cmd /c mklink $file.name $file
            }
            # Pause
        }
    }
}

paste-symlink.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\1_PasteSymlink]
@="Paste Symlink"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\1_PasteSymlink\command]
@="powershell.exe -File \"C:\\GitHub\\gist\\82e4385532be90eac99546df99a2854d\\paste-symlink.ps1\" -location \"%V\""