How do I create a link in Windows 7 home premium as a regular user?
Problem
I am a Linux guy and as such I am very lost when I try and do anything is Windows. I am trying to create the following link: But I do not have sufficient privilege to preform this operation. How do I get sufficient privileges in Windows 7? UPDATE: Right clicked on C:\backup\data and changed the permissions to full access for authenticated user, restarted the machine and tried the command again with no luck. Anyone have any further suggestions?
Error Output
mklink /d C:\backup\data \\myth\backup\data
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Fix for: How do I create a link in Windows 7 home premium as a regular user?
As stated here, Creation of symbolic links requires the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege (“Create symbolic links”), which is granted only to administrators by default (but you can change that using security policy). To change the policies: Right click on → and launch . Open and select (that represents ). Double-click on the item and add yourself (or the whole group) to the list. The changes will apply when you log out and log in again.
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