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Subject: cmd.exe and powershell.exe cannot follow <JUNCTIONS> on NTFS for *.exe
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Cygwin creates <JUNCTIONS> instead of <SYMLINK> on NTFS, but cmd.exe
cannot find the *.exe if they are linked as <JUNCTIONS>.

Two test cases:
$ bash -c $'rm -f id_vers15.exe ; cp /usr/bin/id.exe id_vers15.exe ;
ln -sf id_vers15.exe myid.exe ; cmd /C \'.\\\\\myid.exe\''
$ bash -c $'rm -f id_vers15.exe ; cp /usr/bin/id.exe id_vers15.exe ;
ln -sf id_vers15.exe myid.exe ; powershell -Command
\'.\\\\\myid.exe\''

In both test cases the copied and linked myid.exe cannot be executed.

Is there a way to fix this?

Aurélien
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Aurélien Couderc <aurelien DOT couderc2002 AT gmail DOT com>
Big Data/Data mining expert, chess enthusiast

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