Persistent Dokan mount at system startup without interactive user logon

[onionke]

Description

I’m using the Dokan .NET library to build a virtual filesystem that must:

1. Auto-mount at boot (no human ever types credentials)
2. Be visible in every session (including the Windows logon screen and all user desktops)
3. Survive cold reboots without manual intervention
4. Avoid storing any plaintext passwords or relying on AutoAdminLogon hacks

Any Help How I can persist the drive and achieve the above

• Windows Service (LocalSystem) calling:

  var options = new DokanOptions {
      MountPoint = "X:",
      ThreadCount = 5,
      Version = DokanVersion.Dokan100
  };
  var fs = new MyDokanFilesystem();
  fs.Mount(options, out var status);

[Olof-Lagerkvist]

There are basically two options. Either you use a scheduled task and specify it to run at system startup and run an application where you create your Dokan file system. Or alternatively, you create a Windows service and set it to something like auto-start or auto-delayed to have it start automatically when system starts up. How to implement a Windows service in .NET: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/extensions/windows-service

[Liryna]

See previous question on the same topic here #1005