'Mount as local filesystem' seems to do nothing

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Apparently on a Mac one needs to install a further program to do mounting. But I am on Windows (Windows 10 Pro) and clicking the ‘mount’ text, and seemingly irrespective of what one has previously selected, seems to do nothing. Can anyone help? Thanks. I seem to remember that somehow I managed to do it once before . .

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RTFM:)

And if you need help post all details. Kopia version and exact command you tried. Nobody can see your screen and guess what you are doing.

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Re RTFM: I mentioned Mac and Windows versions; and those versions exist . . . But, ah: you mean to draw my attention to the ‘mounting’ section of the manual. That section, I believe, comprises this - which is not about the GUI. Perhaps there is another manual page for GUI mounting.

The need for details: I take the point; I had been banking, prematurely, on the problem being a known one. The details are as follows.

Kopia 0.17.0
Windows 10 Pro - 22H2 (2009: 19045)

Here is an image of the button (it is the green button) that seems to do nothing:

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As one can see, I am using the GUI; I see no corresponding terminal command. I am sure there is one - but my problem is, or at least appears to be, with the GUI.

EDITED: typos.

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Ok:) My bad as I have not noticed UI part. Indeed docs are mute about it…

On Windows try from the command line:

kopia mount all X: --webdav

FUSE is not supported on Windows so you need webdav. It is not ideal as you can only copy files smaller than 50MB I think… but this is how it is. Old issue, no fix yet:

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Thanks.

The command line (the real one, as it were - not the one one inside the Kopia GUI), together with a document to which a command-line error pointed me, disclosed the following. I need the ‘WebClient’ service not to be disabled. I did have it disabled. With it enabled, GUI mounting works.

It seems to me that flagging up that prerequisite - ideally, within the GUI - would be a good idea. While I am at it: unmounting worked, but I worried it would not, because its button seemed greyed out. It was not greyed out. Indeed, the mounting button (as against dismounting button) has the same washed-out appearance. Image:

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Those washed out colours could do with changing. For, as indicated, they mislead.

The file size limit is unfortunate.