Mounted drive invisable (Can't see it)

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

Drive says that it has been mounted but no drive is shown

rclone Version
rclone v1.70.3

  • os/version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 1511 (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 10.0.10586.164 (x86_64)
  • os/type: windows
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.24.4
  • go/linking: static
  • go/tags: cmount

Which cloud storage system are you using?

Ugreen local NAS

Paste command here
rclone mount ots_z: z --vfs-links --vfs-cache-mode writes
when command is entered this is displayed :
2025/08/01 11:19:18 NOTICE: webdav root '': Symlinks support enabled
The service rclone has been started.

Paste config here
[ots_z]
type = webdav
url =
vendor = rclone
user = XXX
pass = XXX

Paste log here

C:\rclone>rclone mount ots_z: z --vfs-links --vfs-cache-mode writes -vv
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.70.3" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "ots_z:" "z" "--vfs-links" "--vfs-cache-mode" "writes" "-vv"]
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "ots_z:"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\Users\David Clayton\AppData\Roaming\rclone\rclone.conf"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : found headers:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 INFO : webdav root '': poll-interval is not supported by this remote
2025/08/01 11:22:38 NOTICE: webdav root '': Symlinks support enabled
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : webdav root '': vfs cache: root is "C:\Users\David Clayton\AppData\Local\rclone"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : webdav root '': vfs cache: data root is "\\?\C:\Users\David Clayton\AppData\Local\rclone\vfs\ots_z"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : webdav root '': vfs cache: metadata root is "\\?\C:\Users\David Clayton\AppData\Local\rclone\vfsMeta\ots_z"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote ":local,encoding='Slash,LtGt,DoubleQuote,Colon,Question,Asterisk,Pipe,BackSlash,Ctl,RightSpace,RightPeriod,InvalidUtf8,Dot',links=false:C:/Users/David Clayton/AppData/Local/rclone/vfs/ots_z/"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : :local: detected overridden config - adding "{R5KD5}" suffix to name
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item ":local,encoding='Slash,LtGt,DoubleQuote,Colon,Question,Asterisk,Pipe,BackSlash,Ctl,RightSpace,RightPeriod,InvalidUtf8,Dot',links=false:C:/Users/David Clayton/AppData/Local/rclone/vfs/ots_z/" to be canonical ":local{R5KD5}://?/C:/Users/David Clayton/AppData/Local/rclone/vfs/ots_z"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote ":local,encoding='Slash,LtGt,DoubleQuote,Colon,Question,Asterisk,Pipe,BackSlash,Ctl,RightSpace,RightPeriod,InvalidUtf8,Dot',links=false:C:/Users/David Clayton/AppData/Local/rclone/vfsMeta/ots_z/"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : :local: detected overridden config - adding "{R5KD5}" suffix to name
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item ":local,encoding='Slash,LtGt,DoubleQuote,Colon,Question,Asterisk,Pipe,BackSlash,Ctl,RightSpace,RightPeriod,InvalidUtf8,Dot',links=false:C:/Users/David Clayton/AppData/Local/rclone/vfsMeta/ots_z/" to be canonical ":local{R5KD5}://?/C:/Users/David Clayton/AppData/Local/rclone/vfsMeta/ots_z"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : Network mode mounting is disabled
2025/08/01 11:22:38 INFO : webdav root '': vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : Mounting on "C:\rclone\z" ("ots_z")
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : webdav root '': Mounting with options: ["-o" "attr_timeout=1" "-o" "uid=-1" "-o" "gid=-1" "--FileSystemName=rclone" "-o" "volname=ots_z"]
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : webdav root '': Init:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : webdav root '': >Init:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Statfs:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Statfs: stat={Bsize:4096 Frsize:4096 Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Favail:0 Fsid:0 Flag:0 Namemax:255}, errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Readlink:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Readlink: errc=-22, linkPath=""
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /.: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /.: >Getattr: errc=-2
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Getxattr: name="non-existant-a11ec902d22f4ec49003af15282d3b00"
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Getxattr: errc=-40, value=""
The service rclone has been started.
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Statfs:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Statfs:
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Statfs: stat={Bsize:4096 Frsize:4096 Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Favail:0 Fsid:0 Flag:0 Namemax:255}, errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Statfs: stat={Bsize:4096 Frsize:4096 Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Favail:0 Fsid:0 Flag:0 Namemax:255}, errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:38 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Getattr: fh=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Getattr: errc=0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Opendir:
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: OpenFile: flags=O_RDONLY, perm=-rwxrwxrwx
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >OpenFile: fd=/ (r), err=
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Opendir: errc=0, fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: Releasedir: fh=0x0
2025/08/01 11:22:39 DEBUG : /: >Releasedir: errc=0

2

Check:

Drives created as Administrator are not visible to other accounts, not even an account that was elevated to Administrator with the User Account Control (UAC) feature. A result of this is that if you mount to a drive letter from a Command Prompt run as Administrator, and then try to access the same drive from Windows Explorer (which does not run as Administrator), you will not be able to see the mounted drive.

Maybe you are mounting it from elevated cmd session.

3

Other explanation might be that:

You are mounting it to the path. Not to a drive letter.

So you can find it in C:\rclone\z" instead of Z:

Z ≠ Z:
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Hi, I am trying to mout the drive to a path http://ip address/port number/file name as my Nas is in a remote location over the internet.
If I use RaiDrive it works fine, but I want to try to get it to work with rclone

5

What is not clear from what I told you already?

6

Hi, you said I am mounting it to a path and not a drive letter, but I am mounting to a drive letter
rclone mount ots_z: z
the mount name is ots_z
and the mount letter is z

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welcome to the forum,

as seen in the debug log, you mounted to a folder, so find the files at C:\rclone\z

on windows, drive letters must include :

rclone mount ots_z: z: --vfs-links --vfs-cache-mode writes -vv

8

Hi, thanks for the advice, if I put this command there is nothing visual
rclone mount ots_z: z: --vfs-links --vfs-cache-mode writes -vv

But if I put
rclone mount ots_z: z --vfs-links --vfs-cache-mode writes -vv

Leaving the : after the second z a shortcut folder appears where I have the rclone.exe application and I can access my files, but there is still no mounted drive in windows explorer

9

Could you please provide this command output?

10

Hi, sorry I don’t understand what you mean with regards the command output.

11

The same like for example in your first post. Whatever is printed in terminal window.

12

that is the correct command.

need to use z: and make sure the command prompt does NOT have administrator privileges.

13

Hi, that worked for me, thanks very much the drive appears, but if I close the command prompt window the drive dissapears, do I have to wait for the cmd disapear on it own. I have two drive I want to mount. Also could you please give me any advise on how to configure how to auto mount the drives on the boot of my computer. many thanks for your help

14

This is how it works. rclone mount must be running all the time. What you want is to run it in the background.

This as well as that:

has been discussed many times on this forum. Please search it.

The easiest way to run it on boot is windows built-in GUI, task scheduler.

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See also autostart in install docs.

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your welcome. i use windows task scheduler. has a nice gui, easy to use.

i have posted about that including screenshots. search the forum for task scheduler