Should I create a junction and symlink to a directory at the same time?

Question

OS: Windows 10 Home.

After reading the difference between a directory junction and a symlink, it is clear, that these two things are different.

What is not clear after reading How do I create junctions or directory symbolic links in Windows 10?, is whether I should create both the junction and the symlink, here I am confused.

Situation:

We have a local computer, into which we are adding a second HDD and want to store one directory symlink and / or junction in it.

The original directory is:

C:\Records

The destination directory is:

E:\Records

But the application mustn't know it is actually writing to drive E:.

Therefore I came up with an idea of creating symlink / junction.

Disclaimer: I am Linux user, please don't ruin me for this question.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '18 at 16:02

No. You only need to create one of them, and in your particular usage case it doesn't matter which one.

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