You don't have to enable Developer Mode to enable symlink creation. Administrators have the right to by default and non-administrator users can get this by enab

You don't have to enable Developer Mode to enable symlink creation. Administrators have the right to by default and non-administrator users can get this by enabling the documented policy: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/create-symbolic-links https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro... Developer Mode is just a bundle of useful developer-related settings and components that get applied to the device when enabled. There's a post here about this from the Developer Mode angle with a bit more background: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlin...