Share folder between Hyper-V host and guest - keep it available when not connected

I've a directory on my host machine with a Hyper-V guest OS accessing it and it works just fine as long as I'm connected via vmconnect.exe to the guest. As soon as I disconnect (even though the VM is still running) the share is automatically disconnected as well.

Is there a way to create a share that is kept alive?

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