Windows *has* symbolic links

Surprise! Windows' NTFS has directory symlinks, called junctions. Only you wouldn't know it, because Windows doesn't include any tools to create or delete them. Luckily, Mark Russinovich has come to the rescue with a tool to do exactly that. Works like a charm - for instance, I use it to access my desktop with C:\Desktop instead of C:\Documents and Settings\Emery\Desktop. And all that saved typing = more time to do something useful :). Incidentally, the whole SysInternals site is filled with good stuff.