Allow creation of Symbolic Links to none Administrators

Question

_{Friday, October 12, 2018 9:20 AM}

Hi

I'd like to allow all users to create SymbolicLinks How do I change the NewItemSymbolicLinkElevation?

New-Item : Administrator privilege required for this operation.
At line:1 char:1

• New-Item -Path .\link -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value .\source\

    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (C:\Users\johannes\atom\String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessExcept
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    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NewItemSymbolicLinkElevationRequired,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

All replies (4)

_{Friday, October 12, 2018 11:55 AM}

Change the group policy

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment

Add the proper group or user to Create symbolic links

_{Monday, October 15, 2018 7:45 AM}

You have answered your question, there are the complete steps:

Open the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)

Edit the Create symbolic links policy at:

Computer configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → User Rights Assignment → Create symbolic links

Add the user or group that you want to allow to create symbolic links.

If you've added your own user account, you need to log out and back in for the change to have an effect.

Note that this setting has no effect on user accounts that belong to the Administrators group. Those users will always have to run mklink in an elevated environment (as Administrator)

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_{Wednesday, October 17, 2018 3:26 PM}

Thanks! Excactly what I was looking for.

_{Friday, October 26, 2018 9:39 AM}

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Thanks for understanding and cooperating.

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