Running ng commands when project is stored on shared/symlinked network drive

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Versions

node -v v8.11.3

npm --version 6.3.0

ng --version Angular CLI: 6.1.3 Node: 8.11.3 OS: win32 x64 Angular: 5.2.11 ... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms ... http, language-service, platform-browser ... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package Version ----------------------------------------------------------- @angular-devkit/architect 0.6.8 @angular-devkit/build-angular 0.6.8 @angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.6.8 @angular-devkit/core 0.6.8 @angular-devkit/schematics 0.7.3 @angular/cli 6.1.3 @ngtools/webpack 6.0.8 @schematics/angular 0.7.3 @schematics/update 0.7.3 rxjs 5.5.11 typescript 2.5.3 webpack 4.8.3

Repro steps

Have a directory mapped to network drive. When ng command is run the directory path is resolved with ip of network drive so instead C:\Projects\AITeF\AITeF it is resolved to : C:\192.168.*.*\Projects_D2\AITeF\AITeF

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I moved my project to remote desktop on Windows 10. The local drive that project is on is symlinked to a network drive so all computers in my company have access to it. Unfortunately, when things are configured this way, I cannot run any ng command. They always give an error like this.

It's because it tries to acces the project via 'C:\192.168..\Projects_D2\AITeF\AITeF while the path should look like this C:\Projects\AITeF\AITeF.

I tried adding "preserveSymlinks": true in my angular.json file but this doesn't work.