Creating Symnolic Links In Windows Xp Pro

i'm trying to shift my itunes backup folder to a different partition (taking up alot of space on system drive) and realise it's not possible to alter the location but was wondering if i can create a link from itunes 'C:/.../Apple Computer/MobileSync' to say 'D:/itune_bkup'cheers

You should be able to try it : rename 'C:/.../Apple Computer/MobileSync' to 'C:/.../Apple Computer/MobileSync_sav', and create 'C:/.../Apple Computer/MobileSync' as a link to 'C:/.../Apple Computer/MobileSync_sav'It should work. If it does not, simply remove the new link and remove the "_sav" in the original folder name, this will come back to the standard situation with very few effort.I hope that there are no internal bugs which could prevent my trick for working, so maybe it could be safe to have a system backup....

As per my knowledge it is not possible to change default options for backup of iTunes.

But it is possible to create "Symbolic link" or "Junction" which is the well known feautre of NTFS by which we are able to point that folder to another drive.

For that i want to say thanks to Robert Jacobson1. for his valuable post at apples following support thread.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/10299450?messageID=10299450%2310299450?messageID=10299450

i hope it will be helfull for you also, for conviniance of you and other i quoted that here.

You can't change the iTunes behavior, as far as I can tell.

 

However, you can use a feature of NTFS to point that folder to another drive. This feature is typically called a "junction" or "symbolic link".

 

You can use this tool to create a junction:

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

 

For example, let's say you want your iPhone backup to be D: ackup. You would do this:

 

1. close iTunes

2. Move the folder c:documents and settingsuserapplication dataapple computermobile sync ackup to D:

3. Extract the junction.zip to the Desktop.

4. Open a command prompt and enter these commands:

cd Desktop

junction D: ackup "C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataApple ComputerMobile SyncBackup"

 

NOTE 1: Change "username" to match your current username, of course.

 

NOTE 2: I did not test the above! In general, junction points work OK, but only if programs don't mess with the linked directory (like rename or remove it). For example, if iTunes does something like delete the ...Mobile SyncBackup directory and then recreate it, it will no longer go to the D: ackups folder

 

thanks agyat... found this link as well if one wants to get your hands a bit dirtier http://www.techrepublic.com/article/manually-creating-junction-points-in-windows-xp/