symlinks for admin users on Windows

Question

On Windows you can create symlinks

• either if you start the programm, you want to create a symlink in (e.g. cmd), as Administrator.
• or if you give your user/usergroup the permission to create symlinks (here is an explanation, how to do this).

The second way is not working for me, when the user, whom I want to give the permission, is an administrator. Is there a solution for this issue?

Thx

Answer 1

Hard link:

file:

fsutil hardlink create "file1" "file2"

or

mklink /H "file1" "file2"

dir:

mklink /J dir1 dir2

Soft link:

file:

mklink "file1" "file2"

dir:

mklink /D "dir1" "dir2"

Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit :

Linkd 

Sysinternals Suite Utilities:

Junction 

view link:

dir <drive: or dir> /S /A:L

run application at administrator:

Runas /user:[Domain\]administrator CMD

Administrative Tools

Group policy object editor

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\
Create symbolic links <user name, user group>