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Re: winsymlinks:nativestrict and Windows 10
Am 19.03.2019 um 15:23 schrieb LRN:
> ... SNIP ...
>
> Devmode + SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE is the only way to
> create symlinks without being Administrator (that i know of). You can't just
> give some extra privileges to your non-administrator account. I know, i've tried.
On Windows 10 Pro (1809) this works for me for with a non-administrator
account.
I just added the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege to my normal user account
and was able to use mklink without any problems.
Frank
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