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If Windows Developer Mode is enabled, user can create symbolic link without having SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege. This new symlinks support first shipped in Windows 10 Insiders Build 14972 and was formally delivered in Windows 10 Creators Update (Dec 2016). https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10
Sorry this is not a repo I watched or tracked for a very long time. Just coming across this issue it seemed like a simple ask, I have no idea if you still need this but I went ahead and pushed a version 1.2 with the change. If there are any issues feel free to let me know.
If Windows Developer Mode is enabled, user can create symbolic link without having
SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege
. This new symlinks support first shipped in Windows 10 Insiders Build 14972 and was formally delivered in Windows 10 Creators Update (Dec 2016).https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10
Per this SO, might be able to check this
DWORD
keyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock\AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense
to see if it is enabled (when it has a value of1
)https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40033608/enable-windows-10-developer-mode-programmatically
Might need to add
SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE
to the dwFlags (3rd parameter) of CreateSymbolicLinkW function.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-createsymboliclinkw
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