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Access is denied error, when I mklink on Windows 7
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My home directory is c:\Users\phi as a user phi, and I made a directory at c:\Users\abc. I need to symbolic link from c:\Users\phi\hello to c:\Users\abc\hello. I run the following command But I get the Access is denied error. User phi is Administrator, so I have no problem writing files in c:\Users…
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Fix for: Access is denied error, when I mklink on Windows 7
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Important points: You need to run as admin if UAC is on. (or at least security policy to allow creation of links). The switch needs to be used if the link is for directory. First parameter is a link, second parameter is the original folder. Link sho…
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