I can't seem to setup mklinks with Steam (SSD and HDD)

First off, let me say that this is the first time I've used mklinks and I'm just copying the format of what I've seen others do.

Since Steam is stupid and the whole directory has to be together (It won't let you put the Steam app on the SSD and games on the HDD), I figured I'd try and setup an mklink to put Steam on the SSD and the games on my HDD. I copied and pasted the directories straight from Windows Explorer, so it can't be a typo there. Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Look at the picture below to see what I did.
Thanks!


EDIT: I also decided to move the steamapps folder to the root of X:/ (HDD), so what needs to be typed will now be different than what I have typed in the picture.

What will get typed now (but still gives the same error) is:
mklink /d C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam X:\steamapps

 

mklink /j "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps" "X:\steamapps"

Complete with quotes, use /j instead of /d

Before you do this command, you must make sure the "steamapps" folder has been deleted from C:\Program Files\Steam and moved to X:\steamapps

 

Hurray! That seemed to work. In the Program Files (x86) directory, the steamapps folder shows up with a little shortcut symbol. Is that a problem? I thought mklinks were supposed to make it seem like the folder is actually there (and not somewhere else), but the shortcut symbol seems to poke at that...

 

You see it is a shortcut symbol, but it will be treated as if the folder was actually there. It is working properly, as long as you can play all your games.

 

I started Skyrim and I just went to the menu (I didn't start playing) but every two seconds or so, it would kind of glitch up and skip. I played Red Orchestra 2 fine (Just bought it )
Anyway, I have a sort of related new question. Snagit (a screen capture software) stores captures in "Documents", but I'd also like the folder in "Pictures". Would I use mklink /d for that? Or would that also be /j?

EDIT: well also when I try to run Steam, it says "Unable to write to the current steam application folder. Please move steam to a folder where you have write privileges."
If I run it as and Administrator, it works fine. What's wrong now?

 

I honestly don't know. I turn UAC off, so everything runs as admin by default.

 

Is that safe? Wouldn't that allow viruses or other such things easy access?

Also, are you sure everything runs as Admin by default? Or is it that things that are trying to run as Admin are automatically approved without a prompt?