"Forced" to use Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows while creating local remote

Hi,

I wanted to setup a local remote on my Windows machine.

During configuration I have only Disable UNC… available from the list:

> rclone -v config                                                                             
Enter configuration password:                                                                  
password:                                                                                      
2017/03/07 00:19:04 rclone: Version "v1.35" starting with parameters ["rclone" "-v" "config"]  
Current remotes:                                                                               
                                                                                               
Name                 Type                                                                      
====                 ====                                                                      
amazon               amazon cloud drive                                                        
crypt                crypt                                                                     
                                                                                               
e) Edit existing remote                                                                        
n) New remote                                                                                  
d) Delete remote                                                                               
s) Set configuration password                                                                  
q) Quit config                                                                                 
e/n/d/s/q> n                                                                                   
name> lcl                                                                                      
Type of storage to configure.                                                                  
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value                                          
[...]                                                                       
Storage> 9                                                                                     
Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows                                            
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value                                          
 1 / Disables long file names                                                                  
   \ "true"                                                                                    
nounc>                      

According to http://rclone.org/local/ having nounc enabled is a bad thing. Why only this option is available on the list?

However I’m able to disable nounc by typing manually false, despite the fact is unavailable form the list:

Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Disables long file names
   \ "true"
nounc> false
Remote config
--------------------
[lcl]
nounc = false
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d>

Should I disable nounc even it is unavailable by default?

OS details

Windows 10 Pro
Version 1607
Device encryption is on (builtin Bitlocker)

It is a bit eccentric that config option!

However setting it to false, or just pressing enter will disable it.

You can try the Long Path Tool. I’ve seen some people get result with it.

If you are unable to deleting / renaming / copying the files due to their long path issue so i suggest to try “Long Path Tool” software.

Try Long Path Tool, I had a lot of path too long files on my hard drive It found them quickly and deleted.