Since Windows Vista, there is the ability to create (symbolic) links in Windows (yeah!).
mklink
Creates a symbolic link.
MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target
/D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file
symbolic link.
/H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/J Creates a Directory Junction.
Link specifies the new symbolic link name.
Target specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
refers to.
I used this nice feature to access iTunes with tow different user profiles on the same PC. How I did it:
first open an administrator shell
move c:\users\thorsten\music\iTunes c:\public\music\iTunes mklink /D C:\Users\thorsten\Music\iTunes C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes
Create the symbolic link for other user profile:
move c:\users\simone\music\iTunes c:\users\simone\music\iTunes.bak mklink /D C:\Users\simone\Music\iTunes C:\Users\Public\Music\iTunes