Need help with rclone not working PowerShell or CMD

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What is the problem with rclone?

The problem is that in ubuntu worked perfectly but now when trying to use WEBDAV with Nextcloud in rclone I didn’t get any feedback from Powershell or CMD.

Tried to configure rclone as a system variable $Path. Also tried to create a rclone.conf file but doesnt work…

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

PS C:\Users\marc> rclone version
rclone v1.71.2

  • os/version: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 24H2 24H2 (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 10.0.26100.6899 (x86_64)
  • os/type: windows
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.25.3
  • go/linking: static
  • go/tags: cmount
    PS C:\Users\marc>

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

Nextcloud

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

Paste command here

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

PS C:\Users\marc> rclone config
Current remotes:
Name Type
==== ====
nextcloud webdav
e) Edit existing remote
n) New remote
d) Delete remote
r) Rename remote
c) Copy remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
e/n/d/r/c/s/q>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone lsd nextcloud:
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone lsd nextcloud:/prova_marc
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone lsd nextcloud:\prova_marc
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone copy '.\Documents\GIS Course 15h.docx' nextcloud:/prova_marc --progress
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone copy '.\Documents\GIS Course 15h.docx' nextcloud:\prova_marc --progress

### Double check the config for sensitive info before posting publicly
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone config redacted
[nextcloud]
type = webdav
url = https://cndp.utm.csic.es/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/data/
vendor = nextcloud
user = XXX
pass_command = powershell -NoProfile -Command "Write-Output 'XXXXX'"
### Double check the config for sensitive info before posting publicly
PS C:\Users\marc>

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

PS C:\Users\marc> rclone config
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone version
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc>
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone -vv
PS C:\Users\marc> rclone ls nextcloud:/prova_marc -vv
PS C:\Users\marc>

Paste  log herePS C:\Users\marc> rclone copy '.\Downloads\~$OTOCOLO DE METADATOS Y DATOS.docx' nextcloud:/prova_marc -vv
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Setting --pass "XXXXX" from environment variable RCLONE_PASS="XXXXX"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Setting  pass="XXXXX" from environment variable RCLONE_PASS
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Setting --pass "XXXXX" from environment variable RCLONE_PASS="XXXXX"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Setting --pass "XXXXX" from environment variable RCLONE_PASS="XXXXX"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.71.2" starting with parameters ["C:\\rclone\\rclone.exe" "copy" ".\\Downloads\\~$OTOCOLO DE METADATOS Y DATOS.docx" "nextcloud:/prova_marc" "-vv"]
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote ".\\Downloads\\~$OTOCOLO DE METADATOS Y DATOS.docx"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\marc\\AppData\\Roaming\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming child cache item ".\\Downloads\\~$OTOCOLO DE METADATOS Y DATOS.docx" to be canonical for parent "//?/C:/Users/marc/Downloads"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "nextcloud:/prova_marc"
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : found headers:
2025/11/07 13:35:15 DEBUG : Chunks temporary upload directory: https://cndp.utm.csic.es/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/uploads/data/
PS C:\Users\marc>
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welcome to the forum,

add -vv for debug output

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@asdffdsa Thank you! I just added it..

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ok, i see that you re-edited your original post.

double-check the url is correct
url = https://cndp.utm.csic.es/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/data/

on windows, test webdav server without using rclone

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Yes it is. In fact I can access normally using this same link and credentials with cyberduck WebDAV for example but I would like to access using rclone in order to automate my backup progress to Nextcloud.

The thing is that when doing rclone config or another rclone command it didn’t let me type any keybord input nor give me a proper reply… What should I try?

Thanks for all

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as a test,

  1. remove pass_command = powershell -NoProfile -Command "Write-Output 'XXXXX'"
  2. open cmd.exe and run rclone version

based on what you posted, that is not correct.

well, you did create the config file and posted the contents of the config file.