[issue37453] Symlink creation on Windows should work without privilege escalation

Eryk Sun added the comment: FYI, this only works when the system is in developer mode. If you want authenticated users and non-elevated administrators to have symlink rights in applications that haven't been updated to use this flag, or without enabling developer mode, grant the right to cre

[issue37453] Symlink creation on Windows should work without privilege escalation

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: I see looking at the code and docs now that this work was done for Python 3.8. -- resolution: -> works for me stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue37453] Symlink creation on Windows should work without privilege escalation

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: The missing reference above should be https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/#iqm9GJhlyWhcM78e.97 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue37453] Symlink creation on Windows should work without privilege escalation

New submission from Jason R. Coombs : A few years ago, Windows [announced more lenient support for creating symbolic links](). This more lenient support requires the caller to pass a flag in the API. Neither the blog post nor the API docs give any indication of why one would not ever pass tha