# Create a Downloads junction in c:\projects\

**Date:** 2026-11-09  
**Author:** Kees C. Bakker  
**Original:** https://keestalkstech.com/notes/create-a-downloads-junction-in-cprojects/

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I work mainly from my `c:\projects\` folder, and I would like to access my `Downloads` directory from there. Here is a handy snippet that will add the folder to you projects directory.

```
New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path "C:\projects\Downloads" -Target "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads"
```