Why is storage/app/public symlink not working in Laravel?

Question

PHP

Good afternoon. After changing the mode in xampp from cgi to mod_php, the symbolic link to storage/app/public stopped working in laravel. When I open www.mysite.local/storage , I get into the public/storage folder instead of storage/app/public. Tell me, what could be the matter? How to fix?
Contents of config\filesystem.php:

'disks' => [

        'local' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app'),
        ],

        'public' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
            'visibility' => 'public',
        ],

PS: xampp is on a laptop with windows 7. Before the mode change, the link worked ..
UPD: Or how then to display links to files? Through asset() or some other options? Or even transfer all the files to, in fact, the public / storage itself ..?
UPD 2: As a result, I found how to correct the situation correctly by getting rid of the extra route (marked by the solution).
In public , you need to delete the storage folder and re-run the artisan storage: link command - it will re-create the shortcut folder on storage\app\public. And the links began to work again without the help of the route.

Answer 1

In general, who needs the links to storage/app/public to work correctly, you can use this option, taken from here:

Route::get('storage/{filename}', function ($filename)
{
    $path = storage_path('app\public\\' . $filename);

    if (!File::exists($path)) {
        abort(404);
    }

    $file = File::get($path);
    $type = File::mimeType($path);

    $response = Response::make($file, 200);
    $response->header("Content-Type", $type);

    return $response;
});