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 * `yarn build-ie-polyfills` - generates a js file of polyfills that can be loaded in Internet Explorer.
 
+## Developing on Windows
+The `packages/` directory may contain Linux-specific symlinks, which are not recognized by Windows.
+These unresolved links cause the docs generation process to fail because it cannot locate certain files.
+
+> Hint: The following steps require administration rights or [Windows Developer Mode](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/enable-your-device-for-development) enabled!
+
+To fix this problem, run `scripts/windows/create-symlinks.sh`. This command creates temporary files where the symlinks used to be. Make sure not to commit those files with your documentation changes.
+When you are done making and testing your documentation changes, you can restore the original symlinks and delete the temporary files by running `scripts/windows/remove-symlinks.sh`. 
+
+It's necessary to remove the temporary files, because otherwise they're displayed as local changes in your git working copy and certain operations are blocked.
+
 ## Using ServiceWorker locally
 
 Since abb36e3cb, running `yarn start --prod` will no longer set up the ServiceWorker, which