Restore to original path in windows

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Sorry about this question (first experience with restic).

I want to restore a folder to its original location.

I tried:

H:\RESTIC\v0.9.5>restic -r H:\mybackup restore latest --target C:\ --path C:\Users\me\Downloads
enter password for repository:
repository a888ee76 opened successfully, password is correct
restoring <Snapshot c822944a of [C:\Users\me\Downloads] at 2019-10-30 08:12:27.4554304 +0100 CET by EU\me@GELL000000001> to C:\
ignoring error for \C: mkdir C:\C: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \C\Users: mkdir C:\C: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \C\Users\me: mkdir C:\C: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \C\Users\me\Downloads: mkdir C:\C: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \C\Users\me\Downloads\a.txt: mkdir C:\C: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \C\Users\me\Downloads\desktop.ini: mkdir C:\C: Access is denied.
ignoring error for \C\Users\me\Downloads\a.txt: open C:\C\Users\me\Downloads\a.txt: The system cannot find the path specified.
There were 7 errors

What am I doing wrong?

2

It looks like I am facing this issue.

A workaround is to perform the backup like this:

cd C:\Users\me
restic -r H:\mybackup backup Downloads

and then, to restore like this:

cd c:\Users\me
restic -r H:\mybackup restore latest --target . --path Downloads
3

Another valid workaround (#2) seems to be to perform the backup like this:

[no prior cd needed]
restic -r H:\mybackup backup C:\Users\me\Downloads

At least a similar approach seems to work here (restic 0.9.5 compiled with go1.12.4 on windows/amd64)

Can anyone confirm this?

4

The difference might be that I am on a clamped down company computer.

5

@mantielero Did you try workaround #2 on your company computer?