Title: [Plugin: WordPress Backup to Dropbox] Incorrect Path
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Backup to Dropbox] Incorrect Path

 *  [supergrover44](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supergrover44/)
 * (@supergrover44)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-incorrect-path/)
 * This is probably a problem on my server end, but if anyone can spot an easy fix,
   I’d appreciate it. This is the error I get when the plugin tries to backup:
 * Backup warning on 2011-06-09 at 07:27:30: Could not upload ‘E:\PHL1\Custpub\MWS\
   GoDirect\blog\xmlrpc.php’ due to the following error: Error while uploading E:\
   PHL1\Custpub\MWS\GoDirect\blog\xmlrpc.php to Dropbox. HTTP Status: 400, Body:{“
   error”: {“path”: “Path ‘WordPressBackup/GoDirect/E:\\PHL1\\Custpub\\MWS\\GoDirect\\
   blog’ can’t contain \\”}}
    Backup warning on 2011-06-09 at 07:27:29: Could not
   upload ‘E:\PHL1\Custpub\MWS\GoDirect\blog\wp-trackback.php’ due to the following
   error: Error while uploading E:\PHL1\Custpub\MWS\GoDirect\blog\wp-trackback.php
   to Dropbox. HTTP Status: 400, Body: {“error”: {“path”: “Path ‘WordPressBackup/
   GoDirect/E:\\PHL1\\Custpub\\MWS\\GoDirect\\blog’ can’t contain \\”}} Backup warning
   on 2011-06-09 at 07:27:29: Could not upload ‘E:\PHL1\Custpub\MWS\GoDirect\blog\
   wp-signup.php’ due to the following error: Error while uploading E:\PHL1\Custpub\
   MWS\GoDirect\blog\wp-signup.php to Dropbox. HTTP Status: 400, Body: {“error”:{“
   path”: “Path ‘WordPressBackup/GoDirect/E:\\PHL1\\Custpub\\MWS\\GoDirect\\blog’
   can’t contain \\”}}
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/)
 * (@michaeldewildt)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-incorrect-path/#post-2124465)
 * Gday supergrover44,
 * This error is due to the fact that Windows uses backslashes ‘\’ as directory 
   separators and the Dropbox API does not allow them.
 * I have committed a patch to trunk that should fix this issue. I did not version
   bump the plugin because the bug only affects Windows users.
 * Please re download 0.8 and let me know how it goes.
 * Cheers,
    Mikey

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-incorrect-path/#post-2124465)
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