diff --git a/fs/rc/internal.go b/fs/rc/internal.go
index e2c72df83..36d2fafd5 100644
--- a/fs/rc/internal.go
+++ b/fs/rc/internal.go
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/adrg/xdg"
 	"github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
@@ -636,29 +638,68 @@ Returns:
 	})
 }
 
+func mountOK(path string) bool {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/Volumes/") {
+			return true
+		}
+	} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return true
+	} else { // Linux and all other unices
+		// Fedora/Arch/openSUSE standard
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/run/media/") {
+			return true
+		}
+		// Ubuntu/Debian standard
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/media/") {
+			return true
+		}
+		// Traditional unix standard
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/mnt/") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Disks returns likely local disks and some other useful positions
 func rcDisks(ctx context.Context, in Params) (out Params, err error) {
 	disks := []string{}
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	tidy := func(s string) string {
+	add := func(s string) {
 		if s != "/" {
 			s, _ = strings.CutSuffix(s, "/")
 		}
-		return s
-	}
-	if err == nil {
-		disks = append(disks, tidy(home))
-	}
-	for _, mount := range getMounts() {
-		mount = tidy(mount)
-		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(mount, "/snap/") || strings.HasPrefix(mount, "/var/snap/") || strings.HasPrefix(mount, "/boot/") || mount == "/boot" {
-				// ignore boring mounts
-				continue
-			}
+		if !slices.Contains(disks, s) {
+			disks = append(disks, s)
 		}
-		disks = append(disks, mount)
 	}
+
+	// Add home directory
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err == nil {
+		add(home)
+	}
+
+	// Add root directory
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		add("/")
+	}
+
+	// Add mount points
+	for _, mount := range getMounts() {
+		if mountOK(mount) {
+			add(mount)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Add user directories
+	add(xdg.UserDirs.Desktop)
+	add(xdg.UserDirs.Download)
+	add(xdg.UserDirs.Documents)
+	add(xdg.UserDirs.Music)
+	add(xdg.UserDirs.Pictures)
+	add(xdg.UserDirs.Videos)
+
 	out = Params{
 		"disks": disks,
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ca90e467..e8904c611 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/a8m/tree v0.0.0-20240104212747-2c8764a5f17e
 	github.com/aalpar/deheap v1.1.2
 	github.com/abbot/go-http-auth v0.4.0
+	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3
 	github.com/anacrolix/dms v1.7.2
 	github.com/anacrolix/log v0.17.0
 	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f5d37d65a..8df04c35c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ github.com/aalpar/deheap v1.1.2 h1:MABHLcnjqsffb8GLkUFDigqpBBxOMz0DoKM9QfELeTw=
 github.com/aalpar/deheap v1.1.2/go.mod h1:A+nfkD4JbS05sewV0he/MYgR/90vfqyMoNNROgs+rmA=
 github.com/abbot/go-http-auth v0.4.0 h1:QjmvZ5gSC7jm3Zg54DqWE/T5m1t2AfDu6QlXJT0EVT0=
 github.com/abbot/go-http-auth v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Cz6ARTIzApMJDzh5bRMSUou6UMSp0IEXg9km/ci7TJM=
+github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3 h1:xRnxJXne7+oWDatRhR1JLnvuccuIeCoBu2rtuLqQB78=
+github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3/go.mod h1:nlTsY+NNiCBGCK2tpm09vRqfVzrc2fLmXGpBLF0zlTQ=
 github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.10.2 h1:Zxm8V5eI1hW4gGaYsJQUhxpjkENuG91ki8B4zCrvEsw=
 github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.10.2/go.mod h1:uLoCtb9J+EyAqh+26kdrTgmzRBFPGOolLWKpdxkKq+c=
 github.com/anacrolix/dms v1.7.2 h1:JAAJJIlXp+jT2yEah1EbR1AFpGALHL238uSKFXec2qw=