Index: source/lib/file/file_system.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/lib/file/file_system.cpp
+++ source/lib/file/file_system.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2021 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@
 #include "precompiled.h"
 #include "lib/file/file_system.h"
 
-#include <vector>
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <string>
-
 #include "lib/sysdep/filesystem.h"
+#include "ps/CLogger.h"
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <memory>
 
 bool DirectoryExists(const OsPath& path)
 {
@@ -120,7 +118,15 @@
 		errno = 0;
 		const OsPath pathname = path / name;
 		if(wstat(pathname, &s) != 0)
+		{
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
+			{
+				LOGWARNING("%s is a dangling symbolic link",
+					(path / name).string8().c_str());
+				continue;
+			}
 			WARN_RETURN(StatusFromErrno());
+		}
 #endif
 
 		if(files && S_ISREG(s.st_mode))
Index: source/lib/sysdep/os/win/wposix/wfilesystem.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/lib/sysdep/os/win/wposix/wfilesystem.cpp
+++ source/lib/sysdep/os/win/wposix/wfilesystem.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2021 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
 	return true;
 }
 
-
-WDIR* wopendir(const OsPath& path)
+// Return nullptr on error.
+[[nodiscard]] WDIR* wopendir(const OsPath& path)
 {
 	WinScopedPreserveLastError s;
 
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
 	// always copying the large WDIR or findData from a temporary)
 	wdir_free(d);
 
+	if (ErrnoFromStatus(status) == ENOENT)
+	{
+		LOGWARNING("%s is a dangling symbolic link", path.string8().c_str());
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		return nullptr;
+	}
 	WARN_IF_ERR(status);
 	errno = ErrnoFromStatus(status);