WinXP sp 3 TCC 10.00.60 command line: for %a in (*) if exist ..\2009-web%a del ..\2009-web%a I tried this several times, and it stopped processing on one file each time. Using Ctrl-C (or Ctrl-Break, I tried both), I couldn't stop the loop, but TakeCommand shut down, leaving the orphaned...

Thanks for the reply. I overlooked the note about Vista and MKLINK. Since you suggested a local system problem, I tried sysinternals' Junction.exe, and got the same result -- directory created instead of a link.

Why are mklnk and mklink creating directories instead of links? [C:\Program Files] >ver TCC 10.00.57 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] [C:\Program Files] >echo %@fstype[c:] NTFS [C:\Program Files] >*dir slick* Volume in drive C is pkback# 001 Serial number is b06a:6f81...

[C:\temp\temp] >ver TCC 9.02.151 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] [C:\temp\temp] >*cdd /t . [C:\temp\temp] >*dir /h Volume in drive C is unlabeled Serial number is 5468:a34c TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified. "C:\temp\temp\*" 0 bytes in 0 files and 0...

I cut down TCMD's startup time by reducing the size of the history files it loads. I don't know what the difference would be between TC and TCC, though.