Merge pull request #26899 from twangboy/fix_26730

file.symlink gets windows account instead of root

salt/states/file.py

@@ -835,6 +835,14 @@ def symlink(
         user = __opts__['user']
 
     if salt.utils.is_windows():
+
+        # Make sure the user exists in Windows
+        # Salt default is 'root'
+        if not __salt__['user.info'](user):
+            # User not found, use the account salt is running under
+            # If username not found, use System
+            user = os.getenv('username', 'System')
+
         if group is not None:
             log.warning(
                 'The group argument for {0} has been ignored as this '