Explorer.exe crash loop on boot if optical media is present with SSHFS/WinFsp automount
Author: nosklaCreated Jul 14, 2026Updated Jul 14, 2026
Bug Report
A disk present in the optical drive during Windows 10 boot with winfsp & sshfs installed on autorun causes explorer.exe to hang and restart repeatedly.
How to Reproduce
- Set up a SSHFS drive and automount it on Windows boot.
- Have a CD present in a physical optical drive.
- Reboot
Environment
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 21H2 19044.7417
- WinFsp 2025 2.1.25156
- SSHFS-Win 2021 3.5.20357
Additionally using SSHFS-Win Manager GUI (1.3.1) from Evandro Araujo.
Source: winfsp/winfsp