[8.14](backport #4649) Fix ability for unprivileged Windows to upgrade #4650
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What does this PR do?
Adds the
SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege
to the createdelastic-agent-user
when installing in unprivileged mode.Why is it important?
This privilege is required on the `elastic-agent-user. With out the privilege upgrade fails to update symlinks between the current and previous versions of Elastic Agent.
Checklist
[ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation[ ] I have made corresponding change to the default configuration files[ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature worksintegration tests[ ] I have added an entry in./changelog/fragments
using the changelog toolRelated issues
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