title: Can I symlink to a network drive with XAMPP in Windows?
body: <p>I can use <code>mklink /D</code> to create a directory symlink on Windows, and XAMPP has no problem following it and using the files in it.</p>
  
  <p>But when I'm symlinking to a <em>network</em> share rather than just another local folder, although it still works fine in Windows, XAMPP's Apache can not see it at all.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way around this, or is it impossible to symlink a network share with XAMPP? </p>
  
  <p>(XAMPP's httpd.conf (in C:\xampp\apache\httpd.conf) has <code>Options FollowSymLinks</code> turned on by default - and it's working, as evidenced by the local folder example)</p>
  
  <p>Edit: this is on XAMPP 3.2.1 on Windows 10 Pro</p>