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 +---
  +title: Windows Users Guide
  +layout: documentation
  +documentation: true
  +---
  +
  +This page guides how to set up environment on Windows for Apache Storm.
  +
  +## Symbolic Link
  +
  +Starting at 1.0.0, Apache Storm utilizes `symbolic link` to aggregate log directory and resource directory into worker directory.
  +Unfortunately, `creating symbolic link` on Windows needs non-default privilege, so users should configure it manually to make sure Storm processes can create symbolic link on runtime.
  +
  +Below pages (MS technet) guide how to configure that policy to the account which Storm runs on.
  +
  +* [How to Configure Security Policy Settings](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn452420.aspx)
  +* [Create symbolic links](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn221947.aspx)
  +
  +One tricky point is, `administrator` group already has this privilege, but it's activated only process is run as `administrator` account.
  +So if your account belongs to `administrator` group (and you don't want to change it), you may want to open `command prompt` with `run as administrator` and execute processes within that console.
  +If you don't want to execute Storm processes directly (not on command prompt), please execute processes with `runas /user:administrator` to run as administrator account.
	+---
	+title: Windows Users Guide
	+layout: documentation
	+documentation: true
	+---
	+
	+This page guides how to set up environment on Windows for Apache Storm.
	+
	+## Symbolic Link
	+
	+Starting at 1.0.0, Apache Storm utilizes `symbolic link` to aggregate log directory and resource directory into worker directory.
	+Unfortunately, `creating symbolic link` on Windows needs non-default privilege, so users should configure it manually to make sure Storm processes can create symbolic link on runtime.
	+
	+Below pages (MS technet) guide how to configure that policy to the account which Storm runs on.
	+
	+* [How to Configure Security Policy Settings](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn452420.aspx)
	+* [Create symbolic links](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn221947.aspx)
	+
	+One tricky point is, `administrator` group already has this privilege, but it's activated only process is run as `administrator` account.
	+So if your account belongs to `administrator` group (and you don't want to change it), you may want to open `command prompt` with `run as administrator` and execute processes within that console.
	+If you don't want to execute Storm processes directly (not on command prompt), please execute processes with `runas /user:administrator` to run as administrator account.