doc: add a tip about developer mode on Windows #61112
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On Windows, creating symlinks requires Developer Mode to be enabled or running the command as Administrator. Tests that rely on creating symlinks may fail with EPERM errors if symlink creation is not permitted. Add a tip about this for the docs about running tests on Windows.
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On Windows, creating symlinks requires Developer Mode to be enabled or running the command as Administrator. Tests that rely on creating symlinks may fail with EPERM errors if symlink creation is not permitted. Add a tip about this for the docs about running tests on Windows. PR-URL: nodejs#61112 Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <rafael.nunu@hotmail.com> Reviewed-By: Stefan Stojanovic <stefan.stojanovic@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gerhard Stöbich <deb2001-github@yahoo.de> Reviewed-By: Xuguang Mei <meixuguang@gmail.com>
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On Windows, creating symlinks requires Developer Mode to be enabled or running the command as Administrator. Tests that rely on creating symlinks may fail with EPERM errors if symlink creation is not permitted. Add a tip about this for the docs about running tests on Windows.