Minecraft crashes on startup if a symlink to a network drive has been used for saved game data

1. Attempt to replace the com.mojang directory under %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games with a symbolic link:
   1. Open cmd.exe
   2. cd %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games
   3. Back up the com.mojang directory and delete/rename it
   4. mklink /d com.mojang z:\Minecraft\com.mojang
2. Start Minecraft

 

Expected: Minecraft to start

Actual: crash

 

Faulting application name: Minecraft.Windows.exe, version: 1.16.210.5, time stamp: 0x603841a1
Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.19041.789, time stamp: 0x2bd748bf
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x0000000000071208
Faulting process id: 0x4f98
Faulting application start time: 0x01d728d5bcd93ef2
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.16.21005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
Report Id: 45557b96-9546-4ccb-afa5-974ade5ed654
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.16.21005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: App

 

Note: z:\Minecraft\com.mojang points to a mounted network drive on a local network, the directory exists and user has write permissions to it, and the directory contains the full copy of the original com.mojang directory.

Note: the main use case is to be able to play on either of the two computers sharing the same local network (not at the same time, using the same Microsoft account).