[issue33946] os.symlink on Windows should use the new non-admin flag

[Ethan Smith]

New submission from Ethan Smith <ethan at ethanhs.me>:

In the creators update CreateSymbolicLink added a dwflag SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE, which will allow any user to create a symlink (not only an admin). I think we should detect and try to use this flag if possible.

I also think it would be nice to suggest turning on developer mode if the windows version is at or newer than the creators update.

This should probably happen after https://bugs.python.org/issue28113

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messages: 320288
nosy: Ethan Smith, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.symlink on Windows should use the new non-admin flag

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