You are getting the below error message, ” The symbolic link cannot be followed because its type is disabled” when trying to upload the SAP TCI note from the SAP application. Your SAP application is sitting on the Windows operating system environment.
Solution
Determine the remote symbolic setting with the following command (using command prompt with administrator mode),
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil behavior query SymlinkEvaluation
Local to local symbolic links are enabled.
Local to remote symbolic links are enabled.
Remote to local symbolic links are disabled.
Remote to remote symbolic links are disabled.
The above command outputs shows that the remote symbolic links are disabled. So, in order to fix this, run the following command.
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation R2R:1
Verify the settings.
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil behavior query SymlinkEvaluation
Note: If you want to enable the local symbolic links, use the following command,
fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation R2L:1
