resolved Symbolic links not created by ORBX Central

[Dario]

Hello, 

 

I installed TE GB North on another drive, but ORBX Central did not create the symbolic links. Therefore, XP11 does not "see" the scenery.

 

I tried to create the symbolic link manually with Command Prompt, but then I received the message "the device does not support symbolic links" . 

 

Some weeks ago, I was able to create symbolic links in this same external drive. 

 

I saw previous posts related with ORBX Central not creating the links, but I didn't find an answer to this problem. 

 

Any hints?

 

Thanks!

 

[Ben McClintock]

Hi Dario,

 

Not too sure what the solution is here - Orbx Central just runs mklink in the background.

 

What type of drive did you create the library on? Is it a network share, removable storage, etc?

[Dario]

5 hours ago, Ben McClintock said:

Hi Dario,

 

Not too sure what the solution is here - Orbx Central just runs mklink in the background.

 

What type of drive did you create the library on? Is it a network share, removable storage, etc?

 

Hi Ben,

 

I run XP11 on an external SSD. 

 

I am running both Orbx Central and Cmd Prompt in Administrator Mode, but it won't let me create this symbolic link. 

 

The strange thing is that I was able to create symbolic links is this exact same drive some weeks ago. And nothing changed in the drive, no formatting, no authorization changes, nothing...  

 

Thanks! 

 

Dario

 

[Guest Josh Koz]

Hi @Dario

 

Unfortunately there isn't much we can do in this case as this appears to be an issue with the operating system itself or the external SSD.

 

 

[Dario]

9 hours ago, Josh Koz said:

Hi @Dario

 

Unfortunately there isn't much we can do in this case as this appears to be an issue with the operating system itself or the external SSD.

 

 

 

Ok! I read somewhere that shortcuts would also work. I will give them a try. 

 

Thanks for you help! 

[Dario]

Just for the record, I noticed that the file system I was using (exFAT) does not support symbolic links. 

Then, to solve the problem, I reformatted the drive where XP11 is installed to NTFS.