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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Sky Diver wrote:
> $ touch x
>
> $ ls -l x
> -rw-rwxr--+ 1 sky None 0 Jul 15 00:46 x*
>
> $ ln -s x y
> ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘y’: Operation not permitted

I just tried this on a pristine Windows 7 64-bit virtual machine without issue.
You might want to check your system.

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