Window NFS drives shows disconnected network drives in explorer but can still access it
10:57 09 Jan 2026

I'm using nfs on windows 10. For some reason, I have to set the "client for nfs" service from auto-start to manual-start.

When the windows startup and the explorer ready, I manual start the "client for nfs" service and use mount.exe 10.10.24.103\share\test E: to mount a nfs drives. The drive E: in the explorer showns as a disconnected-network-drive abnormally. enter image description here However, I can still double click E: and enter it, and can access the file in drives as usual. After I kill the explorer and restart it, the E: drives returns to normal. It seems that explorer get something wrong. enter image description here I also found that if I set the "client for nfs" service to auto-start, or manual start "client for nfs" service but mount the drive after wait one minutes, the drive can also shows as normal.

Can I keep the nfs service manual-start and fix this issue? Is explorer waiting for some notifications from the nfs service cause that drives shows unnormally?

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