Failed to connect, No filesets found on remote target

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I wanted to look at the versions of my Resume file that had been backed up, but when I try I get this error:

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  • I start by clicking Restore in the Web UI
  • I then choose “Direct restore from backup files”
  • At this point I’m in the wizard and step 1 is “Backup location”. I use the Folder path dialog to navigate to the “Resume” folder on my main C drive
  • I click “Test connection” and see a dialog that says Success, Connection worked!
  • I then get to step 2 and provide my encryption passphrase and click Connect

It’s at this point that I see the error pasted above. I’ve looked at other posts on the forum for No filesets found on remote target, but none of them helped. Any ideas why I’m seeing this or how to fix it?

Version: - 2.1.0.5_stable_2025-03-04

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I tried restoring with the command line and didn’t get an error, but I didn’t get any files either.

PS C:\Program Files\Duplicati 2> .\Duplicati.CommandLine.exe restore "G:\Full Backup" "C:\Users\Daniel\Documents\Resume" --restore-path="G:\test"
Restore started at 9/30/2025 8:08:36 AM

Enter encryption passphrase: ****************************************
  Listing remote folder ...
  Downloading file duplicati-20250427T140644Z.dlist.zip.aes (122.72 MB) ...
  Downloading file duplicati-20250428T214822Z.dlist.zip.aes (122.87 MB) ...
  Downloading file duplicati-20250429T215417Z.dlist.zip.aes (122.95 MB) ...
  ... and so on for LOTS of files
  Downloading file duplicati-ifff070c18abe489783310ec27c4fa0de.dindex.zip.aes (4.86 KB) ...
  Downloading file duplicati-ifff59b4ce4de43efa2cae3f3a0b64e43.dindex.zip.aes (4.23 KB) ...
  Downloading file duplicati-ifff9bb53b6e94efebd842c4884991875.dindex.zip.aes (6.42 KB) ...
Checking remote backup ...
  Listing remote folder ...
Checking existing target files ...
Verifying restored files ...
Restore completed without errors but no files were restored
Restored 0 (0 bytes) files to G:\test
Duration of restore: 00:37:06
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That’s the Source location, right? It’s asking for the Destination location of the backup.

CLI try looks better, like the backup is in"G:\Full Backup". Try naming files like this:

"C:\Users\Daniel\Documents\Resume\*"

I vaguely recall CLI not automatically recognizing that you want the files in some folder.
GUI figures that out, and is another thing to try – give “Direct restore” the backup folder.

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That worked. I was able to restore files using both methods now. Thank you.

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