diff --git a/weed/command/mount.go b/weed/command/mount.go
index 5784e80da..8bbdca2da 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount.go
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ var cmdMount = &Command{
 
   On OS X, it requires OSXFUSE (https://osxfuse.github.io/).
 
+  On Windows, it requires WinFsp (https://winfsp.dev/). The mount point can be
+  a drive letter (-dir=S:), a directory that does not exist yet, or a network
+  path (-dir=\\seaweedfs\share). A drive letter belongs to the logon session
+  that created it, so one mounted by a service is usually invisible to users
+  at the desktop; the network path form is reachable from every session, and
+  each user can map their own drive letter to it.
+
   RDMA Acceleration:
   For ultra-fast reads, enable RDMA acceleration with an RDMA sidecar:
     weed mount -filer=localhost:8888 -dir=/mnt/seaweedfs \
diff --git a/weed/command/mount_windows.go b/weed/command/mount_windows.go
index 6717a0b3c..fe52e565f 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount_windows.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount_windows.go
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ func RunMount(option *MountOptions, umask os.FileMode) bool {
 	glog.V(0).Infof("mounting %s%s to %v", *option.filer, mountRoot, dir)
 	glog.V(0).Infof("This is SeaweedFS version %s %s %s", version.Version(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	glog.V(0).Infof("Windows mount is beta: hard links are unavailable and byte-range locks are not shared across mounts")
+	if prefix, _ := winfsp.VolumePrefix(dir); prefix != "" {
+		glog.V(0).Infof(`network mount: every session on this machine can open \%s or map a drive letter to it`, prefix)
+	}
 
 	if err := host.Serve(windowsMountPoint(dir)); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("%v", err)
@@ -157,6 +160,9 @@ func checkWindowsMountPoint(dir string) error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	if prefix, err := winfsp.VolumePrefix(dir); err != nil || prefix != "" {
+		return err
+	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(dir, `\\`) {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/weed/mount/winfsp/host_windows.go b/weed/mount/winfsp/host_windows.go
index 218c15679..9f1a9a421 100644
--- a/weed/mount/winfsp/host_windows.go
+++ b/weed/mount/winfsp/host_windows.go
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ func (h *Host) Notify(wfs *mount.WFS) {
 }
 
 // Serve attaches the filesystem at mountPoint, which is a drive letter ("S:"),
-// a directory that does not yet exist, or a UNC path. It blocks until the
-// filesystem is unmounted.
+// a directory that does not yet exist, or a \\server\share UNC path. It blocks
+// until the filesystem is unmounted.
 func (h *Host) Serve(mountPoint string) error {
+	prefix, err := VolumePrefix(mountPoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	opts := []string{
 		"-o", "volname=" + h.volumeName(),
 		"-o", "uid=-1",
@@ -99,6 +103,13 @@ func (h *Host) Serve(mountPoint string) error {
 			"-o", "EaTimeout="+ms,
 		)
 	}
+	if prefix != "" {
+		// The mount point itself becomes the network prefix; what WinFsp
+		// still wants a mount point for is the drive letter it gives the
+		// mounting session, and "*" lets it pick a free one.
+		opts = append(opts, "-o", "VolumePrefix="+prefix)
+		mountPoint = "*"
+	}
 	if h.options.Debug {
 		opts = append(opts, "-d")
 	}
diff --git a/weed/mount/winfsp/mountpoint.go b/weed/mount/winfsp/mountpoint.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29adf8da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mount/winfsp/mountpoint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package winfsp
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// VolumePrefix converts a \\server\share mount point into WinFsp's
+// VolumePrefix option, which registers the mount as a network file system.
+// That registration is what makes the mount reachable from every logon
+// session by its UNC path — a drive letter lives inside the session that
+// created it, which is why a service mount is invisible to the users logged
+// on at the desktop. Handed through as a plain mount point instead, the UNC
+// path would be taken for a directory on an actual remote server and the
+// mount would fail.
+//
+// Mount points that are not UNC paths return "", including the \\?\ and \\.\
+// device forms, which WinFsp interprets itself.
+func VolumePrefix(mountPoint string) (string, error) {
+	normalized := strings.ReplaceAll(mountPoint, "/", `\`)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(normalized, `\\`) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(normalized, `\\?\`) || strings.HasPrefix(normalized, `\\.\`) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(strings.TrimRight(normalized[2:], `\`), `\`)
+	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf(`a network mount point must be \\server\share, got %s`, mountPoint)
+	}
+	return `\` + parts[0] + `\` + parts[1], nil
+}
diff --git a/weed/mount/winfsp/mountpoint_test.go b/weed/mount/winfsp/mountpoint_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..955171359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mount/winfsp/mountpoint_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package winfsp
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestVolumePrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		mountPoint string
+		prefix     string
+		wantErr    bool
+	}{
+		{name: "drive letter", mountPoint: `S:`, prefix: ""},
+		{name: "directory", mountPoint: `C:\mnt\weed`, prefix: ""},
+		{name: "relative directory", mountPoint: `mnt\weed`, prefix: ""},
+		{name: "unc", mountPoint: `\\seaweedfs\share`, prefix: `\seaweedfs\share`},
+		{name: "unc trailing separator", mountPoint: `\\seaweedfs\share\`, prefix: `\seaweedfs\share`},
+		{name: "unc forward slashes", mountPoint: `//seaweedfs/share`, prefix: `\seaweedfs\share`},
+		{name: "unc dotted server", mountPoint: `\\fs.example.com\share`, prefix: `\fs.example.com\share`},
+		{name: "mountmgr drive", mountPoint: `\\.\S:`, prefix: ""},
+		{name: "extended drive", mountPoint: `\\?\S:`, prefix: ""},
+		{name: "server only", mountPoint: `\\seaweedfs`, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "too deep", mountPoint: `\\seaweedfs\share\dir`, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "empty server", mountPoint: `\\\share`, wantErr: true},
+		{name: "empty share", mountPoint: `\\seaweedfs\\`, wantErr: true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			prefix, err := VolumePrefix(tt.mountPoint)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Fatalf("VolumePrefix(%q) error = %v, wantErr %v", tt.mountPoint, err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+			if prefix != tt.prefix {
+				t.Fatalf("VolumePrefix(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.mountPoint, prefix, tt.prefix)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}