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    I cannot get my Raspberry pi to show up on samba please help

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    • AshpoolA
      Ashpool @supppp
      last edited by Ashpool

      @supppp As you want to link a folder: (I think it is better to run cmd as admin in this case, as there my be some group policies preventing the creation of a symlink over network for regular users)-> mklink /d <path to link that is to be created> <path to target>
      Example:

      F:\TMP>mklink /d roms \\192.168.1.21\roms
      symbolische Verknüpfung erstellt für roms <<===>> \\192.168.1.21\roms
      
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        supppp @Ashpool
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        @ashpool explain ho0w to do this to a newbe plz or link a video

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          supppp
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          symbolische Verknüpfung erstellt für is this german should I translate it to english

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          • AshpoolA
            Ashpool @supppp
            last edited by Ashpool

            @supppp run cmd with admin privileges (C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe), go to your desired target location (typing <drive letter>: to change partitions, cd <pathname> to go to the "parent" folder for the links, and then look at the code block in my previous message ->
            that one created a symlink named roms in F:\TMP that linked to the roms folder from my retropies samba-shares...

            But in the end - if you can create the link, I am not understanding why a simple \\IP\ won't work... once again: HOW did you created the shortcut? And have you tried to enter \\IP\folder within skraper (for configs and roms) ?

            Edit: IMPORTANT! to remove the symlink use rmdir from the console, don't delete the folder (AFAIK it will delete the linked to folder&content, whereas rmdir just kills the symlink)!

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              supppp @Ashpool
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              @ashpool yes and i created the shortcut by right-clicking on my computer then going to map shocut i think and it showed up there but not on the network file

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              • AshpoolA
                Ashpool @supppp
                last edited by Ashpool

                @supppp Ok, do me a favour: right-click the shortcut, open its "Properties" and post the values you found in the "Target"- and "Start in"-field.

                Edit: and yes, "symbolische Verknüpfung erstellt" is german, that was the message from mklink that it created the symbolic link...

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                  supppp @Ashpool
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                  ok i will do that

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                  • AshpoolA
                    Ashpool @supppp
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                    @supppp if you right-clicked the shortcut you created and opened its "Properties" from the right-click menu, then it should have openeda window with the properties for the "file" and on the page of the (pre-selected) tab "shortcut", there are two entries named Target and Start-in and I want to know what's listed there simply to understand what you created as a shortcut.

                    P.S.: the Docs for mklink

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                      supppp @Ashpool
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                      @ashpool i could only find the target field here's what's in it \192.168.0.147\configs

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                        supppp @supppp
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                        @supppp i did it some how thank you guys for your help

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                          supppp @supppp
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                          @supppp nvm

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