diff -uraN mtools-4.0.11.orig/devices.c mtools-4.0.11/devices.c
--- mtools-4.0.11.orig/devices.c	2009-10-28 16:53:34.000000000 +0300
+++ mtools-4.0.11/devices.c	2009-10-28 16:54:47.000000000 +0300
@@ -955,7 +955,9 @@
 
 #ifdef OS_mingw32msvc
 #define predefined_devices
-struct device devices[] = {};
+struct device devices[] = {
+   {"\\\\.\\A:", 'A', GENFD },
+};
 #endif
 
 #ifdef INIT_GENERIC
diff -uraN mtools-4.0.11.orig/plain_io.c mtools-4.0.11/plain_io.c
--- mtools-4.0.11.orig/plain_io.c	2009-10-28 16:53:27.000000000 +0300
+++ mtools-4.0.11/plain_io.c	2009-10-28 17:15:03.000000000 +0300
@@ -585,7 +585,11 @@
 #ifdef __EMX__
 	if (*(name+1) != ':')
 #endif
-	if (MT_FSTAT(This->fd, &This->statbuf) < 0){
+	if (MT_FSTAT(This->fd, &This->statbuf) < 0
+#ifdef OS_mingw32msvc
+	    && strncmp(name, "\\\\.\\", 4) != 0
+#endif
+	   ) {
 		Free(This);
 		if(errmsg) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SNPRINTF