Are Hardlinks Always Better than Shortcuts? If so, why use shortcuts?

This question must have been answered already but I couldn't seem to find it. Maybe it's just too simple of a question. Sorry if this is the case because I'm not an IT guy and some of my questions seems very newbish.

Should I always use hardlinks instead of shortcuts?

If I use shortcuts, if the target folder or file is moved, the shortcut gets busted and I don't know where the new target went.

However, if I use hardlinks, even if I move the target folder or file, the link still remains intact.

So, is there a reason why I should never use hardlinks all the time?

Shortcuts can do things that hard links cannot.

Hard links only work within a physical volume. You can make a shortcut to another local drive, to an external drive, or even to a network location.

In Windows, hard links only work with an NTFS volume. Shortcuts work with any file system.

Shortcuts provide further options. Look in the shortcut properties for the details.

What I saw on a Search of the Internet about hard links was more references to Linux and Unix than Windows.

But if I keep the hard links within one physical volume, would hard links always be "better". I hate shortcuts because when you move a folder, you always get these busted shortcuts and have to figure out where the original file or folder was moved to. AND, then make a new shortcut for it. It take a lot of time.

What if you copy a volume that has hard links to another local drive, would the new copied hard links now point to the file or folder that has been copied to the new local drive?

Thank you for any info you can provide. I just want to do something to save myself time. I get so many busted shortcuts all the time because I use shortcuts all the time.

LMiller7 said:

Shortcuts can do things that hard links cannot.

Hard links only work within a physical volume. You can make a shortcut to another local drive, to an external drive, or even to a network location.

In Windows, hard links only work with an NTFS volume. Shortcuts work with any file system.

Shortcuts provide further options. Look in the shortcut properties for the details.