JunctionMaster

Free Windows Shell Extension

JunctionMaster

Move a folder to another drive without changing its path. JunctionMaster moves the folder, then leaves a junction in its place, so Windows and your apps find the files exactly where they were.

Alpha. After you move a folder, Explorer may not show it until you refresh (F5).

JunctionMaster's Move and Link dialog, choosing the new location for a folder

When to Use It

More Space, Same Paths

A New Drive

Move programs or large folders to a new drive without reinstalling software or changing a single path.

Spare Your SSD

Move and link high-traffic folders to a conventional drive to reduce writes to an SSD.

Out of Space

Free up your primary partition while every folder keeps the path you use to reach it.

How It Works

Right-Click, Move and Link

After installing, right-click a folder in Explorer and choose JunctionMaster. No reboot is needed. It moves the folder to the drive you pick, then replaces the original with an NTFS junction pointing to the new location. A folder at C:\Movies can keep that path while its files live on F:\Movies.

The JunctionMaster command on a folder's right-click menu in Explorer
  • Works Like Explorer

    It uses the Windows shell’s own move operation, so the move looks and behaves as if you cut and pasted the folder yourself.

  • Safe and Conservative

    It scans before moving to make sure everything should go smoothly, and holds back whenever there is any doubt.

  • Find and Remove Junctions

    Run JunctionMaster from the Start menu to find the junctions on a drive and remove them.

JunctionMaster listing the junctions it found, with an option to remove them

Download

Get JunctionMaster

64-bit

For 64-bit Windows, which is almost every PC.

32-bit

For 32-bit Windows.


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