All file system drivers must be kernel-mode on Windows. While Windows does have usermode drivers (UMDF), it's significantly gimped. Mostly just simple USB dri

All file system drivers must be kernel-mode on Windows. While Windows does have usermode drivers (UMDF), it's significantly gimped. Mostly just simple USB drivers or WDDM display drivers. There have been a few projects to try to bring FUSE-like functionality to Windows like Dokan but I believe these are still too immature.