Title: Error with Backup folder
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error with Backup folder

 *  [Eric Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knn/)
 * (@knn)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-backup-folder/)
 * I have WP 3.4.2 and BackWPUp 3.0.6
 * I get an error when trying to backup to dropbox:
 * > Backups folder /wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/backwpup-1775d-backups/ does not
   > exist and cannot be created. Please create it and set proper write permissions.
 * 1) Shouldn’t that path be something like “/home/username/public_html/wp-content/…..”?
   
   2) Why can’t I set a default backup folder anywhere? 3) Why do I need to set 
   a backup folder when I don’t want to backup to a folder in the first place? 4)
   Why isn’t this error shown beforehand after installation or at “Settings->Information”?
 * The same error appears with the Temp folder, but can be circumvented by defining
   WP_TEMP_DIR in wp-config.php.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Eric Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knn/)
 * (@knn)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-backup-folder/#post-3570297)
 * Sorry had a typo. I use WP 3.5.1 and BackWPUp 3.0.6 = both the newest.

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