The Epson Photo+ Tool is quite inconvenient in selecting folders. You always have to browse to the path you want to go to. If you have some photos on your main drive, and some on your NAS, you need to click through the whole dialog.
One solution is to use a “link”. In the sense of a linux file system link. This also works in windows.
## as Admin run: in cmd
mklink /D "C:\Users\[username]\Pictures\Pixel7a NAS mklink" "Z:\photos\Pixel 7a"
## Output:
symbolic link created for C:\Users\windo\Pictures\2024 Pixel7a NAS mklink <<===>> Z:\photos\Smartphone-Backups\2024 Pixel7aNote:
- Deleting the mklink folder, does not delete the remote folder.
- Unlike linux, you must not create the new “linkfolder” in advance.
- I asked gemini. Prompt:
generate a windows link to a folder (link a linked folder, linux: ln)
from:
C:\Users\[user]\Pictures> mkdir “Pixel7a NAS”
to
Z:\photos\Pixel7a
is that possible
- For powershell (not tested):
New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "C:\Users\[username]\Pictures\Pixel7a NAS mklink" -Target "Z:\photos\Pixel 7a"Sources: