diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php
index 7d940200b0..9a74ea0ae3 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_link.inc.php
@@ -1035,13 +1035,16 @@ class egw_link extends solink
 	 */
 	static function list_attached($app,$id)
 	{
-		$path = self::vfs_path($app,$id,'',true);
+		$path = self::vfs_path($app,$id);
 		//error_log(__METHOD__."($app,$id) url=$url");
 
 		if (!($extra = self::get_registry($app,'find_extra'))) $extra = array();
 
+		// always use regular links stream wrapper here: extended one is unnecessary (slow) for just listing attachments
+		if (substr($path,0,13) == 'stylite.links') $path = substr($path,8);
+
 		$attached = array();
-		if (($url2stats = egw_vfs::find($path,array('need_mime'=>true,'type'=>'F')+$extra,true)))
+		if (($url2stats = egw_vfs::find($path,array('need_mime'=>true,'type'=>'F','url'=>true)+$extra,true)))
 		{
 			$props = egw_vfs::propfind(array_keys($url2stats));	// get the comments
 			foreach($url2stats as $url => &$fileinfo)
@@ -1059,7 +1062,6 @@ class egw_link extends solink
 					}
 				}
 				$attached[$link['link_id']] = $link;
-				$urls[] = $url;
 			}
 		}
 		return $attached;
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php
index de7b2d5421..94cf611ff2 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php
@@ -276,9 +276,10 @@ class egw_vfs extends vfs_stream_wrapper
 	 *
 	 * @param string $url=null url of the filesystem to mount, eg. oldvfs://default/
 	 * @param string $path=null path to mount the filesystem in the vfs, eg. /
+	 * @param boolean $check_url = true check if url is an existing directory, before mounting it
 	 * @return array/boolean array with fstab, if called without parameter or true on successful mount
 	 */
-	static function mount($url=null,$path=null)
+	static function mount($url=null,$path=null,$check_url=true)
 	{
 		if (!isset($GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['vfs_fstab']))	// happens eg. in setup
 		{
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ class egw_vfs extends vfs_stream_wrapper
 		}
 		self::load_wrapper(parse_url($url,PHP_URL_SCHEME));
 
-		if (!file_exists($url) || opendir($url) === false)
+		if ($check_url && (!file_exists($url) || opendir($url) === false))
 		{
 			if (self::LOG_LEVEL > 0) error_log(__METHOD__.'('.array2string($url).','.array2string($path).') url does NOT exist!');
 			return false;	// url does not exist
@@ -578,7 +579,7 @@ class egw_vfs extends vfs_stream_wrapper
 
 		if ($options['url'])
 		{
-			$stat = lstat($path);
+			$stat = @lstat($path);
 		}
 		else
 		{