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Expand Up @@ -870,6 +870,11 @@ To test if Node.js was built correctly:
Release\node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js', process.version)"
```

> \[!TIP]
> 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.

##### Using ccache:

Follow <https://github.com/ccache/ccache/wiki/MS-Visual-Studio>, and you
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1140,4 +1145,5 @@ by opening a pull request against the registry available at
<https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/abi_version_registry.json>.

[AIX toolbox]: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-toolbox-open-source-software-overview
[Developer Mode]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-settings/developer-mode
[Python versions]: https://devguide.python.org/versions/
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