Programs not able to see mounted drive

Jake_Reindl · May 23, 2020, 11:30am

First, I just started using Rclone a couple days ago, and am very unskilled with it, as well as with commandline applications in general.
I use BlueIris and Veem Backup to name a couple that are not able to see P: (The mounted Rclone Drive)
When inside the apps, P:\ does not show available. It does work with Plex, and it seems that it works with everything that does not run as administrator.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks!

Version 1.51.0

Windows 10 64bit

Google Drive

cd C:\Rclone
rclone mount OldBlue: P: --vfs-cache-mode writes -vv --cache-dir Q:\RcloneCache --vfs-read-chunk-size 16M --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 4G --dir-cache-time 72h --allow-other

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

rclone mount OldBlue: P:
   --allow-other
   --read-only
   --cache-dir Q:\RcloneCache
   --dir-cache-time 48h
   --vfs-cache-mode writes
   --vfs-read-chunk-size 16M
   --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 2G
   --buffer-size 512M
   -vv

asdffdsa · May 23, 2020, 1:26pm

hello and welcome to the forum,

--allow-other does nothing on windows.
cache not needed nothing when copying files to cloud. i never use for anything ever.
i do not use vfs flags.
if you are copying files, then this is not needed but does not hurt, --vfs-cache-mode writes
i also use veeam backup.
if you want your mount to be seen by all apps, you need to run rclone as system user
windows 10 implements a security feature, for a given logged in user, there are two sets of mounts,
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3035277/mapped-drives-are-not-available-from-an-elevated-prompt-when-uac-is-co

Jake_Reindl · May 23, 2020, 1:40pm

Thank you for the reply!

I have removed allow-other from the mount command.

I am using Rclone remote with my Plex server, so in some of the previous posts in the forum here it was recommended to use the vfs and cache flags.

I am currently running and mounting Rclone via command promt without running as administrator, is that what you mean by running as a user? Is there a better way? I feel like there's a better way.

I checked the link and followed the 2 steps under "Method 1" and tried running Veam again and Blue Iris and didn't seem to make a difference. Is it wise to map the drive in windows in addition to mounting via Rclone?

asdffdsa · May 23, 2020, 1:46pm

you would need to reboot.
that is not a real solution; just a way to understand what is going on behind the scenes.

you need to run rclone as system user.