Access is Denied errors when copying to local windows drive

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

Access is denied errors in windows local destinations

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.65.0

  • os/version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 10.0.19045.3803 (x86_64)
  • os/type: windows
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.21.4
  • go/linking: static
  • go/tags: cmount
    PS C:\Users\Po Home>

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Google (Shared) Drive, Local

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

PS C:\Users\Po Home> & 'C:\Users\Po Home\Documents\rclone-v1.65.0-windows-amd64\rclone.exe' copy BackupSharedDriveGmail:'/po@gmail 2023 12\2023 12 20 only/file-001.zip' 'E:\backup extract\' -vv
PS C:\Users\Po Home>

same with --local-nounc appended

Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.

[BackupSharedDriveGmail]
type = drive
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
scope = drive
token = XXX
team_drive = XXX
root_folder_id =

A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag

PS C:\Users\Po Home> & 'C:\Users\Po Home\Documents\rclone-v1.65.0-windows-amd64\rclone.exe' copy BackupSharedDriveGmail:'/po@gmail 2023 12\2023 12 20 only/file-001.zip' 'E:\backup extract\' -vv
2023/12/29 20:55:02 ERROR : file-001.zip: Failed to copy: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
2023/12/29 20:55:02 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 1 errors and: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
2023/12/29 20:55:03 ERROR : file-001.zip: Failed to copy: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
2023/12/29 20:55:03 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 1 errors and: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
2023/12/29 20:55:03 ERROR : file-001.zip: Failed to copy: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
2023/12/29 20:55:03 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 1 errors and: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
2023/12/29 20:55:03 Failed to copy: multi-thread copy: failed to open chunk writer: mkdir \\?\E:: Access is denied.
PS C:\Users\Po Home>

It is known issue with v1.65

It is already fixed in v1.66 beta

fwiw, best to avoid using beta software whenever possbile.

so check out my topic, where i share several workarounds.
https://forum.rclone.org/t/sync-duplicacy-backup/43584/4
https://forum.rclone.org/t/1-65-fails-listing-local-folders/43148/7

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