# mklink

mklink is good for making directory/file symbolic (or hard) links.

# Link to a shadow copy

If you've made a shadow copy because you're sneaky and want to extract hives from it, one strategy that might work is to create a link to the shadow copy backup, and then copy the hives from there:

mklink /d C:\tempbackup \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy123\