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

FYI if you have Group Policies in place controlling SymlinkEvaluation settings you CAN still set them yourself from the command line. They will be overwritten by GP at next reboot/login but your settings will work during your user session.

So as a workaround if you need to set it to something other than what GP dictates you could even run a script at logon to set them after GP is applied.