diff --git a/apps/lightcraft/src/session.rs b/apps/lightcraft/src/session.rs
index 3cd66317b..082e1a757 100644
--- a/apps/lightcraft/src/session.rs
+++ b/apps/lightcraft/src/session.rs
@@ -280,12 +280,9 @@ fn open_library_session(in_memory: bool, dir: Option<std::path::PathBuf>, rememb
     };
     if remembered && !lightcraft_engine::library::is_library(&dir) {
         log::error!("library {} is missing", dir.display());
-        let why = if dir.exists() {
-            "There is no LightCraft library in this folder any more."
-        } else {
-            "The library isn't there: it was moved or renamed, or its drive or network share isn't connected."
-        };
-        return (unopened(), Some(LibraryProblem::new(dir.to_string_lossy(), why)));
+        let why = lightcraft_ui_egui::panels::library_problem::missing_library_reason(&dir);
+        // Try Again must not make one there either (an empty mount point, issue #3239)
+        return (unopened(), Some(LibraryProblem { existing_only: true, ..LibraryProblem::new(dir.to_string_lossy(), why) }));
     }
     let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
     let mut s = Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock();
diff --git a/apps/lightcraft/src/tests.rs b/apps/lightcraft/src/tests.rs
index 518c7b8fe..e54deed04 100644
--- a/apps/lightcraft/src/tests.rs
+++ b/apps/lightcraft/src/tests.rs
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ fn a_remembered_library_missing_at_launch_is_reported_not_made_anew() {
     let problem = problem.expect("the missing library is reported");
     assert_eq!(problem.path, lib.to_string_lossy());
     assert!(problem.can_retry, "Try Again once the drive is back");
+    assert!(problem.existing_only, "Try Again makes no library there either");
     assert!(!gone.exists(), "nothing is created where the library was");
     assert!(s.library.is_none() && s.catalog.is_empty(), "no library, no demo photos");
     // a remembered folder that is there but holds no library is reported too
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&lib).unwrap();
     let (s, problem) = open_session(false, &launch, true);
-    assert!(problem.is_some() && s.library.is_none() && s.catalog.is_empty());
+    assert!(problem.as_ref().is_some_and(|p| p.existing_only) && s.library.is_none() && s.catalog.is_empty(), "{problem:?}");
     assert!(!lightcraft_engine::library::is_library(&lib), "nothing written in it");
     // the default location (or --library) is still made when it's missing, with the demo photos
     let fresh = d.join("fresh").join("Lib");
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/library_problem.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/library_problem.rs
index 9e2b084f4..1d83a2ff5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/library_problem.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/library_problem.rs
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ pub struct LibraryProblem {
     /// Try Again reopens `path` as a library folder (`false` in the browser, whose storage isn't
     /// a folder: reloading the page tries again).
     pub can_retry: bool,
+    /// Try Again opens `path` only once it holds a library again, and never makes one there: set
+    /// for the library remembered in Settings that was missing at launch, whose folder can be
+    /// the empty mount point of a share that isn't connected yet (issue #3239). Choose Another
+    /// Library… still creates one where asked.
+    pub existing_only: bool,
     /// The window lists the recent libraries to choose from instead (issue #1290); `error` then
     /// says why the last one tried didn't open.
     pub chooser: Option<Chooser>,
@@ -714,6 +719,31 @@ fn unavailable(path: &str) -> Option<Unavailable> {
     None
 }
 
+/// Why the library at `dir` that has to exist already (a remembered one, issue #3239) can't be
+/// opened: the folder is there without a catalog, or the folder itself is missing.
+pub fn missing_library_reason(dir: &Path) -> &'static str {
+    if dir.exists() {
+        "There is no LightCraft library in this folder any more."
+    } else {
+        "The library isn't there: it was moved or renamed, or its drive or network share isn't connected."
+    }
+}
+
+/// Try Again: reopen the problem's library. One that must exist already (`existing_only`) is
+/// opened only once its folder holds a library again (a share remounted): until then the window
+/// stays with the reason, and nothing is created there (issue #3239).
+fn retry(app: &mut LightcraftApp, problem: LibraryProblem) {
+    let dir = Path::new(&problem.path);
+    if problem.existing_only && !lightcraft_engine::library::is_library(dir) {
+        if let Some(p) = app.library_problem.as_mut() {
+            p.error = missing_library_reason(dir).to_string();
+            p.dismissed = false;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    open(app, Some(problem.path));
+}
+
 /// What the user chose.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
 enum Choice {
@@ -811,6 +841,10 @@ fn open(app: &mut LightcraftApp, path: Option<String>) {
                     }
                 }
                 if let Some(path) = path {
+                    // another library failed: Try Again may make that one, as it always could
+                    if p.path != path {
+                        p.existing_only = false;
+                    }
                     p.path = path;
                 }
                 p.error = e;
@@ -1077,7 +1111,7 @@ fn act(app: &mut LightcraftApp, choice: Choice) {
     let Some(problem) = app.library_problem.clone() else { return };
     let chosen = problem.chooser.as_ref().and_then(|c| c.selected.and_then(|i| c.libraries.get(i)).map(|l| (l.clone(), c.over)));
     match choice {
-        Choice::Retry => open(app, Some(problem.path)),
+        Choice::Retry => retry(app, problem),
         Choice::Choose => open(app, None),
         Choice::Open => {
             let Some((library, over)) = chosen.filter(|(l, _)| l.unavailable.is_none()) else { return };
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/launch_library.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/launch_library.rs
index b0b7abf7f..9d71b7978 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/launch_library.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/launch_library.rs
@@ -1032,3 +1032,34 @@ fn found_again(multipass: bool) {
     drop(h);
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
 }
+
+/// Issue #3239: Try Again on a remembered library that was missing at launch makes no library in
+/// its folder when the folder is there but empty (a share's mount point before the share is
+/// connected): the window stays and says so. Once the folder holds the library again, it opens.
+#[test]
+fn try_again_on_a_missing_remembered_library_makes_nothing_in_an_empty_folder() {
+    let dir = temp("retry-existing");
+    let mount = dir.join("Share");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&mount).unwrap();
+    let path = mount.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+    let mut app = LightcraftApp::new(lightcraft_engine::Session::new().with_fs(), Services::default());
+    app.library_problem = Some(LibraryProblem { existing_only: true, ..LibraryProblem::new(path.clone(), "missing") });
+    let mut h = Headless::new(app, [1300.0, 900.0], 1.0);
+    settle(&mut h);
+    assert_eq!(h.request("ui.clickWidget", json!({"id": "button:libraryRetry"}), T)["ok"], true);
+    settle(&mut h);
+    assert!(!lightcraft_engine::library::is_library(&mount), "no catalog is made in the empty folder");
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read_dir(&mount).unwrap().count(), 0, "nothing is written there");
+    assert!(h.app.session.library.is_none());
+    let p = h.app.library_problem.as_ref().expect("the window stays");
+    assert_eq!(p.error, "There is no LightCraft library in this folder any more.");
+    assert!(has(&h, "button:libraryRetry"));
+    // the share is connected again: Try Again opens the library in it
+    make_library(&mount);
+    assert_eq!(h.request("ui.clickWidget", json!({"id": "button:libraryRetry"}), T)["ok"], true);
+    settle(&mut h);
+    assert_eq!(h.app.session.library.as_ref().map(|l| l.dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned()), Some(path));
+    assert!(h.app.library_problem.is_none());
+    drop(h);
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+}
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index 88ce76a2b..fa3564385 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
   yet or it was moved, the window now says it couldn't open the library and offers Try Again, Choose Another
   Library…, Continue Without Saving and Quit. Before, LightCraft quietly made a new, empty library at that path,
   filled it with the demo photos and opened it, so it looked as if the photos and edits were gone. Nothing is
-  written there now. A library given with `--library` or `LIGHTCRAFT_LIBRARY`, and the default location on first
-  launch, are still created as before.
+  written there now, and Try Again opens the library once its drive or share is back: on an empty folder left in
+  its place, such as a share's mount point, it says so again instead of making a new library there. A library
+  given with `--library` or `LIGHTCRAFT_LIBRARY`, and the default location on first launch, are still created as
+  before.
 
 ## 2026-10-24