Windows bat file for creating symbolic link without cmd(run as administrator).

ln-s.bat

@echo off

setlocal

set invalidUsage=false
if "%1"=="" set invalidUsage=true
if "%2"=="" set invalidUsage=true
if "%invalidUsage%"=="true" (
    echo Usage: ln-s TARGET LINK_NAME
    exit /b 1
)

set target=%1
set linkName=%2

if "%target:~-1,1%"=="\" set target=%target:~0,-1%
if "%linkName:~-1,1%"=="\" set linkName=%linkName:~0,-1%

if not exist "%target%" (
    echo Target^(%target%^) does not found.
    exit /b 1
)

if exist "%linkName%" (
    echo Linkname^(%linkName%^) already exists
    exit /b 1 
)

if not "%target:~1,1%"==":" set target=%CD%\%target%
if not "%linkName:~1,1%"==":" set linkName=%CD%\%linkName%

set arguments="/c","mklink","%linkName%","%target%"
if exist "%target%\" set arguments=%arguments%,"/d"

powershell.exe -Command Start-Process ^
               -FilePath "cmd" ^
               -ArgumentList %arguments% ^
               -Verb Runas

endlocal