How do I create an mklink in windows 7 home premium as a regular user?

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Published on 2010-03-27T05:50:49Z Indexed on 2010/03/27 5:53 UTC
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I am a linux guy and as such I am very lost when I try and do anything is windows. I am trying to create the following link:

mklink /d c:\backup\data \\myth\backup\data

But I do not have sufficient privilege to preform this operation. How do I get sufficient privileges in windows 7?

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