Wallet creation fails when wallet directory is a link to another drive (Windows) #4510
Description
Platform: Windows
To reproduce:
- Create a link to another drive. e.g.
mklink /J C:\link D:\for hardlink/junction,mklink /J C:\link D:\for symlink (may require admin privileges) - Create wallet in a directory through the link, e.g. at
C:\link\wallets(for symlinks, need to manually enter the path rather than use directory selection GUI, since the GUI resolves the symlink)
Symptoms
- At the final step, when you click "Create wallet", get an error message "Failed to store the wallet"
- in
monero-wallet-gui.logseeERROR WalletAPI src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp:972 Error saving wallet: boost::filesystem::weakly_canonical: The request is not supported
Opening a wallet within a link still works