$password = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Paper123!@#' -AsPlainText -Force $cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('INTRANET\sysadmin', $password) Write-Host "================================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "Creating Junction: COMMON -> _COMMON" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "================================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "" Invoke-Command -ComputerName 192.168.0.6 -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock { Write-Host "[1/4] Backing up COMMON to COMMON.backup..." -ForegroundColor Yellow if (Test-Path "C:\Shares\test\COMMON.backup") { Remove-Item "C:\Shares\test\COMMON.backup" -Recurse -Force } Copy-Item "C:\Shares\test\COMMON" "C:\Shares\test\COMMON.backup" -Recurse -Force Write-Host "[OK] Backup created" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "" Write-Host "[2/4] Copying AUTOEXEC.BAT from COMMON to _COMMON..." -ForegroundColor Yellow Copy-Item "C:\Shares\test\COMMON\ProdSW\AUTOEXEC.BAT" "C:\Shares\test\_COMMON\ProdSW\" -Force Write-Host "[OK] AUTOEXEC.BAT copied to _COMMON" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "" Write-Host "[3/4] Removing COMMON directory..." -ForegroundColor Yellow Remove-Item "C:\Shares\test\COMMON" -Recurse -Force Write-Host "[OK] COMMON removed" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "" Write-Host "[4/4] Creating junction COMMON -> _COMMON..." -ForegroundColor Yellow cmd /c mklink /J "C:\Shares\test\COMMON" "C:\Shares\test\_COMMON" Write-Host "[OK] Junction created" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "" Write-Host "=== Verification ===" -ForegroundColor Yellow $junction = Get-Item "C:\Shares\test\COMMON" -Force Write-Host "COMMON LinkType: $($junction.LinkType)" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "COMMON Target: $($junction.Target)" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "" Write-Host "=== File count check ===" -ForegroundColor Yellow $underCount = (Get-ChildItem "C:\Shares\test\_COMMON\ProdSW" -File | Measure-Object).Count $commonCount = (Get-ChildItem "C:\Shares\test\COMMON\ProdSW" -File | Measure-Object).Count Write-Host "_COMMON\ProdSW: $underCount files" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host "COMMON\ProdSW: $commonCount files (via junction)" -ForegroundColor White if ($underCount -eq $commonCount) { Write-Host "[OK] File counts match!" -ForegroundColor Green } else { Write-Host "[ERROR] File counts differ!" -ForegroundColor Red } } Write-Host "" Write-Host "================================================" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "Junction Created Successfully!" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "================================================" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "" Write-Host "Result:" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host " COMMON is now a junction pointing to _COMMON" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host " Both paths access the same files" -ForegroundColor White Write-Host " Backup saved to: C:\Shares\test\COMMON.backup" -ForegroundColor White