From 63ed3c0d41097969e86ce975b537da461a6dc9b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben-Fields <33070053+Ben-Fields@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 06:40:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] tools: fix shortcut creation error in `v symlink` on windows
 (#8935)

---
 cmd/tools/vsymlink.v | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v b/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v
index 805d15987b..15cf4e6e9e 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vsymlink.v
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ fn setup_symlink_windows(vexe string) {
 		vsymlinkdir := os.join_path(vdir, '.bin')
 		mut vsymlink := os.join_path(vsymlinkdir, 'v.exe')
 		if !os.exists(vsymlinkdir) {
-			os.mkdir_all(vsymlinkdir) or { panic(err) } // will panic if fails
+			os.mkdir(vsymlinkdir) or { panic(err) } // will panic if fails
 		} else {
-			os.rm(vsymlink) or { panic(err) }
+			os.rmdir(vsymlinkdir) or { panic(err) }
+			os.mkdir(vsymlinkdir) or { panic(err) }
 		}
 		// First, try to create a native symlink at .\.bin\v.exe
 		os.symlink(vsymlink, vexe) or {