Takes 25 seconds to launch 'rclone config show' on Windows 10

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

  • Takes 25 seconds to launch 'rclone config show' on Windows 10. This seems like a long time. Why not 1 second?

  • Almost any rclone command takes 25 seconds to start, even 'rclone version'.

  • If you run it many times in a row, it might start launching in under 1 second. But after a few minutes of not using that terminal, it's back to 25 seconds again.

  • I am non-admin windows user.

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

C:\temp>rclone version
rclone v1.57.0
- os/version: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 2009 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 10.0.19044.1288 (x86_64)
- os/type: windows
- os/arch: 386
- go/version: go1.17.2
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: cmount

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

none

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

C:\temp>echo %time%
12:51:00.05
C:\temp>rclone config show -vv --log-file=\temp\rclone.log
[lcl]
type = local
copy_links = true
C:\temp>echo %time%
12:51:24.05
C:\temp>

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

[lcl]
type = local
copy_links = true

A log from the command with the -vv flag

2022/02/06 12:51:24 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.57.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "config" "show" "-vv" "--log-file=\\temp\\rclone.log"]
2022/02/06 12:51:24 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\dgleba\\AppData\\Roaming\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2022/02/06 12:51:24 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.57.0" finishing with parameters ["rclone" "config" "show" "-vv" "--log-file=\\temp\\rclone.log"]
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hello and welcome to the forum,

that is strange and hard to understand how that is possible.
the only time i have experienced a delay on start was when,
i compressed rclone.exe with upx
and that delay was small compared to the delay you experience.

might test using rclone version -vv

3

Could it be an antivirus software interfering? Some kind of "proactive" feature, "sample submission", or whatever it is called.. Tracing rclone.exe with procmon would probably give some hints..

4

right, and there was this
https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-exe-is-a-virus-workarounds/26223

and antivirus will just quarantine it.
the delay could be anti-antivirus not knowing what rclone is, doing some kind of cloud submission for analysis.
but once that is done, anti-virus would not do it again.

make sure to whitelist the rclone.exe with whatever antivirus you use.
or just disable antivrius, run and time rclone.exe, then re-enable anti-virus

5

That takes 25 seconds too.

6

I am non-admin.

I cannot:
-use procmon.
-whitelist in antivirus. (It is sophos.)
-likely do anything useful in this situation.

7

perhaps ask the admin???

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