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Author ssbarnea
Recipients amaury.forgeotdarc, asvetlov, brian.curtin, eric.smith, giampaolo.rodola, jafo, jaraco, lemburg, loewis, nnorwitz, r.david.murray, ssbarnea, swarren
Date 2010-01-18.11:20:20
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Message-id <1263813622.63.0.635646995841.issue1578269@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Maybe it's useful to know that Administrator privileges are not required in order be able to create symlinks. You just need a specific permission that by default is assigned only to Administrators.

How to set SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege on Windows Vista or newer:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/815472/how-do-i-grant-secreatesymboliclink-on-windows-vista-home-edition/2085468#2085468
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Date User Action Args
2010-01-18 11:20:23ssbarneasetrecipients: + ssbarnea, lemburg, loewis, nnorwitz, jafo, amaury.forgeotdarc, jaraco, eric.smith, giampaolo.rodola, swarren, r.david.murray, brian.curtin, asvetlov
2010-01-18 11:20:22ssbarneasetmessageid: <1263813622.63.0.635646995841.issue1578269@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-01-18 11:20:21ssbarnealinkissue1578269 messages
2010-01-18 11:20:21ssbarneacreate