A Feature to Restrict Access to Remote Disks
Hello,
I use a remote disk setup for quick access to my NAS folders. Since the NAS is on a different network from my computer, I need to activate a VPN to access the disk. This setup works quite well, as I only need to activate the VPN when I need to access the NAS, which is not a major issue.
However, it seems that WinSCP attempts to access these local disks when launching and at regular intervals. When the program starts—or even quite frequently afterward—it becomes unresponsive. I initially thought this might be due to my settings, so I updated to the latest version, 6.5.1, but the issue persists.
After researching a bit, I suspected this issue is caused by the program trying to access NAS disks that are not available. Indeed, when I activated the VPN and made the disks accessible, the problem disappeared.
I understand this issue could arise if I had attempted to access the remote disks through WinSCP while the VPN was off. However, I did not attempt to access those disks. I only had a single tab open connected to my Downloads - Documents folder, yet the issue still occurred.
Therefore, I’d like to suggest implementing one of the following options:
I use a remote disk setup for quick access to my NAS folders. Since the NAS is on a different network from my computer, I need to activate a VPN to access the disk. This setup works quite well, as I only need to activate the VPN when I need to access the NAS, which is not a major issue.
However, it seems that WinSCP attempts to access these local disks when launching and at regular intervals. When the program starts—or even quite frequently afterward—it becomes unresponsive. I initially thought this might be due to my settings, so I updated to the latest version, 6.5.1, but the issue persists.
After researching a bit, I suspected this issue is caused by the program trying to access NAS disks that are not available. Indeed, when I activated the VPN and made the disks accessible, the problem disappeared.
I understand this issue could arise if I had attempted to access the remote disks through WinSCP while the VPN was off. However, I did not attempt to access those disks. I only had a single tab open connected to my Downloads - Documents folder, yet the issue still occurred.
Therefore, I’d like to suggest implementing one of the following options:
- A feature that allows users to prevent WinSCP from trying to read specific disks.
- An improvement that prevents the program from becoming unresponsive when it attempts to access inaccessible disks.
- An alternative improvement where the program only hangs once when it initially encounters an inaccessible disk, but avoids repeated access attempts unless explicitly requested by the user. (I assume option 2 may be harder to implement, so option 3 might be an acceptable compromise.)
