Elevate the privilege to admin. Support both python script and pyinstaller wrapped program. Need ctypes only.

run_as_admin.py

# Based on Gary Lee's code:
# https://gist.github.com/GaryLee/d1cf2089c3a515691919
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/33856172/2203482

def run_as_admin(argv=None):
    import ctypes
    shell32 = ctypes.windll.shell32
    if argv is None and shell32.IsUserAnAdmin():
        return True
    import sys
    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv
    arguments = argv[1:] if hasattr(sys, "_MEIPASS") else argv
    argument_line = " ".join(str(arg) for arg in arguments)
    executable = str(sys.executable)
    # Elevating to admin privileges...
    ret = shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "runas", executable, argument_line, None, 1)
    if int(ret) <= 32:
        raise IOError(f"Error(ret={ret}): Cannot elevate admin privileges.")
    else:
        return False

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if run_as_admin():
        # Your code requiring admin privileges goes here, for example:
        from pathlib import Path
        
        Path("path/to/link").symlink_to(Path("path/to/target"))