Laravel 5.3 storage:link -> symlink(): Protocol error

Question

I\'m trying to run the following artisan command:

php artisan storage:link

I get this error:

[ErrorException] symlink(): Protocol er

Answer 1

Your problem probably is that you have to start your vagrant box as a system administrator.

So hit start type "cmd", right click it choose "Run as administrator". Navigate to your project, type "vagrant up". Retry the command.

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