How do I overcome the “The symbolic link cannot be followed because its type is disabled.” error when getting the target of a symbolic link?

Question

Following on from a previous question, I am creating a symbolic link on a Server 2008 from a Vista machine using UNC paths. I can create the link just fine. I can go to the

Answer 1

These settings can also be manipulated directly via the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem: See SymlinkLocalToLocalEvaluation, SymlinkLocalToRemoteEvaluation, SymlinkRemoteToLocalEvaluation, SymlinkRemoteToRemoteEvaluation.

if with "fsutil behavior query SymlinkEvaluation" you get message .."is currently controlled by group policy"..., check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Filesystems\NTFS or simply search throug registry for "Symlink"