{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/4454","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/4454/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/4454/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/issues/4454/events","html_url":"https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/4454","id":127436716,"number":4454,"title":"Arduino IDE misbehaves with links (junctions) on Windows","user":{"login":"faxik","id":13889870,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13889870?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik","html_url":"https://github.com/faxik","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/faxik/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arduino/Arduino/labels/Component:%20IDE","name":"Component: IDE","color":"009800"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-01-19T12:38:38Z","updated_at":"2016-02-08T08:47:19Z","closed_at":"2016-02-08T08:47:19Z","body":"I develop a large project that is split into libraries. I used to make links (junctions) from development directories to the Arduino Libraries directory. That allows for quick edit-and-test cycles, as the changes are in effect immediately. This worked good in 1.x; this semi-worked in 1.6.5 and seems to be completely broken in 1.6.6 (maybe, somehow related to Java 8 or new library discovery): IDE just doesn't \"see\" the linked libraries.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, uninstaller deletes not the links, but traverses and deletes all the files which can be very disasterous."}}