How to create Soft symbolic Link using java.nio.Files

i'm creating symbolic links on Windows using a command like this : cmd /c mklink /J "${linkName.canonicalPath}" "${targetFolder.canonicalPath}" From Groovy and using Runtime.getRuntime().exec() method It's working fine but i want do the same using java.nio.Files.createSymbolicLink() method. But I always obtain the same error message: java.nio.file.FileSystemException: A required privilege is not h

[waman]

『 4 down vote accepted With Windows (W7), you can add a user to the list of who may create symbolic links (without disabling UAC) using security policies』