Game launch crashes when using windows symbolic link for minecraftWorlds

Game launch crashes when using windows symbolic link for minecraftWorlds

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Backup your minecraftWorlds before!
2. Delete minecraftWorlds

   • rmdir /q /s "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds"
     

1. Delete TEST folder if exists

   • rmdir /q /s "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TEST\minecraftWorlds"
     

1. Create TEST folder

   • mkdir "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TEST\minecraftWorlds"
     

1. Create symlink

   • mklink /J "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds" "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TEST\minecraftWorlds"
     

1. Start Minecraft App
2. Create a new world

Observed Results:
Error,
"There was a problem loading this world"

Expected Results:
No error, world should be created and placed in TEST folder

 

There seems to have been a change in behaviour since version 1.17.34, before with symlink Minecraft app crashed on start, now it starts and crashes on world create.