GNU bug report logs - #75538
31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg broken on ms-windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: kkkykin <at> foxmail.com

Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 75538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "kkky" <kkkykin <at> foxmail.com>
Cc: 75538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75538: 31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg broken on ms-windows
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:03:19 +0200

> From: "kkky" <kkkykin <at> foxmail.com>
> Cc: "75538" <75538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:44:37 +0800
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> The error is `file-error "Making symbolic link" "Operation not permitted"`
> 
> When i run as administrator, it is solved.

OK, so I'm quite sure this is an issue with your user's privileges.
If you have enough control of this system, you should be able to
modify your privileges to add symlink creation.  I forget how I did
that, but you will find enough recipes on the Internet.
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