How does scoop create the "current" shortcut

[rafay-pk]

Hey there. I'm building an application and I need to create shortcuts (references) to folders that the user will add and have it explorable from a TreeView inside the application. But when creating a normal shortcut from within windows, it doesn't open the contents of the folder. But when I give the reference to my scoop folder and open the current folder of any app, it opens its contents.
I would really appreciate if someone could explain how this system in scoop works. Thank you :)

P.S I'm using PyQt6 for the application and QTreeView() and QFileSystemModel() to display a tree view like windows explorer.

[rafay-pk]

If anyone is looking for a solution. Here's one:

import os

# Set the path of the existing directory you want to link to
existing_dir = r'C:\Users\Rafay\repos\image-search'

# Set the path of the new directory junction you want to create
junction_dir = r'C:\Users\Rafay\repos\image-search\data\folders\link'

# Use the os.symlink function to create the directory junction
os.symlink(existing_dir, junction_dir, target_is_directory=True)