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

First close vagrant with vagrant halt command, then run cmd as administrator, go to your homestead folder, start Vagrant with vagrant up and then you can run php artisan storage:link. For me it worked :)