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    <p>To add to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/230047/45375">@David Arno's helpful answer</a>, based on W7:</p> <hr> <p><code>fsutil.exe</code> can be made to show what arguments it takes by simply running:</p> <pre><code>fsutil behavior set /? </code></pre> <p>To <strong>report the <em>current</em> configuration</strong>, run <code>fsutil behavior query SymlinkEvaluation</code> - see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/24364595/45375">@Jake1164's answer</a>, particularly with respect to how a <strong>group policy</strong> may be controlling the behavior.</p> <p>The <strong>symbolic-link resolution behavior is set on the machine that <em>accesses</em> a given link</strong>, not the machine that hosts it.</p> <p>The <strong>behavior codes</strong> for <code>fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation</code> - namely <code>L2L</code>, <code>L2R</code>, <code>R2L</code>, and <code>R2R</code> - mean the following:</p> <ul> <li><code>L</code> stands for "Local", and <code>R</code> for "Remote" (who would've thunk?)</li> <li>The FIRST <code>L</code> or <code>R</code> - <em>before</em> the <code>2</code> - refers to the location of the link itself (as opposed to its target) <em>relative to the machine ACCESSING the link</em>.</li> <li>The SECOND <code>L</code> or <code>R</code> - <em>after</em> the <code>2</code> - refers to the location of the link's <em>target relative to the machine where the LINK itself is located</em>.</li> </ul> <p>Thus, for instance, executing <code>fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation R2L</code> means that you can access links: </p> <ul> <li>located on a remote machine (<code>R</code>)</li> <li>that point to targets on that same remote machine (<code>L</code>)</li> </ul> <hr> <p>Unlike what David experienced on Vista, I, on W7, was able to resolve a remote link that pointed to a resource on another remote machine by enabling R2R alone (and not also having to enable R2L).</p>
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