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MKLINK for All Users

For allowing mklink to be used by regular users there are 2 options.

  • Switching to 'Developer mode'
  • Edit 'Local Group Policy'

Switching to 'Developer Mode'

On the command line execute start ms-settings:developers and in the settings appearing set the switch accordingly.

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Edit 'Local Group Policy'

Graphical Solution

On the command line execute gpedit and add the Users group to the policy Creating symbolic links.

  • Computer Configuration
  • Windows Settings
    • Security Settings
    • Local Policy
      • User Rights Assignment
      • Creating symbolic links

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Command-Line Solution

Download the command-line tool lgpo.exe from Microsoft here (it's in a zip-file) or download it directly if the this link is valid. This command allows modifying 'Local Group Policies'.

Seems curl.exe command is part of Windows 11 so 

curl https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/5/C/85C25433-A1B0-4FFA-9429-7E023E7DA8D8/LGPO.zip --output %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Downloads\LGPO.zip

Needs some further investigation...

Note

Deleting a symlink in Windows is done using rmdir and not del which is confusing because in Linux a >symbolic link is considered a file and not a directory.