Can I use folder shortcuts on my PC with XBOX?

[Dare978Devil]

Hi,

Have April 6 2008 build of XBMC installed. It is working really well. I have created a number of sources linking back to my PC harddrive over Ethernet, all of which work correctly. In order to organize a little better, I tried to create a folder shortcut under Vista, and paste it into one of the shared folders. It works perfectly under Vista, when I click on the folder shortcut I get redirected to the folder which actually resides on a different hard drive. However, the XBOX doesn't seem to pick up the shortcut as a valid folder.

I can see the main dir, and it's normal subdirs, but I cannot see any of the folder shortcuts I created. It's not a big problem, I will just move the actual folder and all of its contents under the main folder but was wondering if there was a solution so I didn't have to move things around. Here is what I mean :

\divx <==main folder picked up by XBMC
\divx\TV shows <==subdir picked up by XBMC
\divx\kids shows <==folder shortcut to a diff hard drive, not picked up by XBMC

Under Vista, when I click on "kids shows", it opens up that dir on the secondary hard drive. In XBMC, it does not show up.

Thanks,
DD.

[Gamester17]

No, Windows shares do not work like that, (and it not a XBMC/Xbox limitation, you would see the same over the network from another Windows Vista/XP computer).

The solution is either to use "junctions" (also known as "symbolic links") on your computer or use multi-paths in XBMC (multi-path requires multiple shares on your computer though instead of just one). HOW-TO use multi-path sources in XBMC is in the XBMC Online Manual:
http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Types_of_Media_Sources#Sources_with_multipl e_paths_.2F_targets

but for a HOW-TO use "junctions" (also known as "symbolic links") under Windows you have to search Google.

[jabba200]

I had the same problem a while back and multi-paths fixed it for me.

I would stay away from junctions if I were you as they can royally screw things up if they break