Does @SYMLINK work?

[vefatica]

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> d o*
2019-06-24  12:21     <SYMLINK>    outlook.exe [C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\outlook.exe]

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> echo %@symlink[.\outlook.exe]
ECHO is OFF

 

[vefatica]

@JUNCTION too.

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\packages\microsoft.office.desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe\localcache\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs> d
2019-06-24  11:45    <JUNCTION>    Startup [C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Office.Desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup]

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\packages\microsoft.office.desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe\localcache\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs> echo %@junction[Startup]
Startup

 

[rconn]

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> d o*
2019-06-24  12:21     <SYMLINK>    outlook.exe [C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\outlook.exe]

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> echo %@symlink[.\outlook.exe]
ECHO is OFF

Works fine here. Are you sure you have the right permissions?

 

[vefatica]

Do I need anything more than elevated?

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> echo %_elevated
1

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> d o*
2019-06-24  12:21     <SYMLINK>    outlook.exe [C:\Users\vefatica\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\outlook.exe]

c:\users\vefatica\appdata\local\microsoft\windowsapps> echo %@symlink[outlook.exe]
ECHO is OFF

 

[vefatica]

And on the file itself:

 

[rconn]

You don't need to be elevated to run @symlink or @junction. You only need permission to query the file or directly. If it was created by the system, you probably don't.

Are you having problems with all symlinks on your system? Is MKLINK working?

 

[vefatica]

You don't need to be elevated to run @symlink or @junction. You only need permission to query the file or directly. If it was created by the system, you probably don't.

Are you having problems with all symlinks on your system? Is MKLINK working?

MKLINK /@SYMLINK seems OK. Supposedly, I have full control over that SYMLINK and the directory it's in. I do not have full control over the target file.