diff --git a/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WebDavServer.java b/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WebDavServer.java
index d70daf00a..cabfb0b38 100644
--- a/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WebDavServer.java
+++ b/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WebDavServer.java
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ public final class WebDavServer {
 		localConnector = new ServerConnector(server);
 		localConnector.setHost(LOCALHOST);
 		servletCollection = new ContextHandlerCollection();
+
+		final ServletContextHandler servletContext = new ServletContextHandler(servletCollection, "/", ServletContextHandler.NO_SESSIONS);
+		final ServletHolder servlet = new ServletHolder(WindowsSucksServlet.class);
+		servletContext.addServlet(servlet, "/");
+
 		server.setConnectors(new Connector[] {localConnector});
 		server.setHandler(servletCollection);
 	}
@@ -82,15 +87,16 @@ public final class WebDavServer {
 	/**
 	 * @param workDir Path of encrypted folder.
 	 * @param cryptor A fully initialized cryptor instance ready to en- or decrypt streams.
-	 * @param name The name of the folder. Must be non-empty and only contain any of _ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
+	 * @param name The name of the folder. Must be non-empty and only contain any of
+	 *            _ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
 	 * @return servlet
 	 */
 	public ServletLifeCycleAdapter createServlet(final Path workDir, final boolean checkFileIntegrity, final Cryptor cryptor, String name) {
 		try {
-			if(StringUtils.isEmpty(name)) {
+			if (StringUtils.isEmpty(name)) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("name empty");
 			}
-			if(!StringUtils.containsOnly(name, "_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")) {
+			if (!StringUtils.containsOnly(name, "_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789")) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("name contains illegal characters: " + name);
 			}
 			final URI uri = new URI(null, null, localConnector.getHost(), localConnector.getLocalPort(), "/" + UUID.randomUUID().toString() + "/" + name, null, null);
diff --git a/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WindowsSucksServlet.java b/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WindowsSucksServlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06d9e2497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/core/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/webdav/WindowsSucksServlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Sebastian Stenzel
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
+ * See the LICENSE.txt file for more info.
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Sebastian Stenzel - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.cryptomator.webdav;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+/**
+ * Windows mount attempts will fail, if not all requests on parent paths of a WebDAV resource get served. This servlet will respond to any
+ * request with status code 200, if the requested resource doesn't match a different servlet.
+ */
+public class WindowsSucksServlet extends HttpServlet {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -515280795196074354L;
+
+	@Override
+	protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
+		resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
+	}
+
+}
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