diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/process_context.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/process_context.cpp
index 1e2a8a0f..2573252c 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/process_context.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/process_context.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ namespace
         return env_map;
     }
 
-    void create_known_dlls_section_objects(std::unordered_map<std::u16string, section>& knowndlls_sections, const file_system& file_system, bool is_wow64)
+    void create_known_dlls_section_objects(std::unordered_map<std::u16string, section>& knowndlls_sections, const file_system& file_system,
+                                           bool is_wow64)
     {
         windows_path known_dlls_fs_root_path;
         std::u16string known_dlls_objmgn_root_path;
@@ -218,8 +219,15 @@ namespace
             section s{};
 
             const auto known_dll_fs_path = known_dlls_fs_root_path / known_dll_name;
+
+            auto local_file = file_system.translate(known_dll_fs_path);
+            if (!std::filesystem::exists(local_file))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             auto known_dll_objmgn_path = known_dlls_objmgn_root_path + u"\\" + known_dll_name;
-            const auto file_size = std::filesystem::file_size(file_system.translate(known_dll_fs_path));
+            const auto file_size = std::filesystem::file_size(local_file);
 
             utils::string::to_lower_inplace(known_dll_objmgn_path);
             s.name = known_dll_objmgn_path;
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp b/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp
index 86ae3dc1..f52fdf88 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ struct process_context
     {
     }
 
-    void setup(x86_64_emulator& emu, memory_manager& memory, registry_manager& registry, const file_system& file_system, const application_settings& app_settings,
-               const mapped_module& executable, const mapped_module& ntdll, const apiset::container& apiset_container,
-               const mapped_module* ntdll32 = nullptr);
+    void setup(x86_64_emulator& emu, memory_manager& memory, registry_manager& registry, const file_system& file_system,
+               const application_settings& app_settings, const mapped_module& executable, const mapped_module& ntdll,
+               const apiset::container& apiset_container, const mapped_module* ntdll32 = nullptr);
 
     handle create_thread(memory_manager& memory, uint64_t start_address, uint64_t argument, uint64_t stack_size, uint32_t create_flags,
                          bool initial_thread = false);
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/section.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/section.cpp
index 4c7e7d1e..b013b0d3 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/section.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/section.cpp
@@ -225,10 +225,8 @@ namespace syscalls
             return STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED;
         }
 
-        bool is_known_dll = (attributes.RootDirectory == KNOWN_DLLS_DIRECTORY 
-                             || attributes.RootDirectory == KNOWN_DLLS32_DIRECTORY 
-                             || filename.starts_with(u"\\KnownDlls") 
-                             || filename.starts_with(u"\\KnownDlls32"));
+        bool is_known_dll = (attributes.RootDirectory == KNOWN_DLLS_DIRECTORY || attributes.RootDirectory == KNOWN_DLLS32_DIRECTORY ||
+                             filename.starts_with(u"\\KnownDlls") || filename.starts_with(u"\\KnownDlls32"));
 
         if (!is_known_dll && attributes.RootDirectory != BASE_NAMED_OBJECTS_DIRECTORY)
         {