{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"doctorvalidate-message-now-covers-windows-junctions","canonical_anchor":"doctorvalidate-message-now-covers-windows-junctions","heading":"Plugin check warning now covers .claude folders that are Windows junctions","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/doctorvalidate-message-now-covers-windows-junctions","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### Plugin check warning now covers .claude folders that are Windows junctions\n\nThe warning for a linked .claude folder now says the link can be a symlink or a Windows junction, and that nothing in it was read\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code checks a plugin and finds that its `.claude` folder is a link to somewhere else, the warning now reads: \"This directory is a link (a symlink or a Windows junction) and nothing in it was read\". It used to mention only a symlink. A symlink and a Windows junction are both ways of making a folder point at another location on disk.\n\n**Why**\n\nOnly the wording changed, but Windows users whose `.claude` folder is a junction now get a warning that describes their setup. Claude Code skips the contents of that folder either way.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}