# Latest release 2.0.4.3 (canary) seems "broken" on Windows 7 (Sorry, no offense!)

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/latest-release-2-0-4-3-canary-seems-broken-on-windows-7-sorry-no-offense/5290
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/latest-release-2-0-4-3-canary-seems-broken-on-windows-7-sorry-no-offense/5290 "2018-11-14T00:51:39Z")
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### Author: ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/latest-release-2-0-4-3-canary-seems-broken-on-windows-7-sorry-no-offense/5290/2 "2018-11-14T03:29:20Z")

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Hello @devnull, and welcome to the forum!

Are you using a custom --snapshot-policy? If so, you may be running into this issue:

> [@Release: 2.0.4.3 (canary) 2018-11-13](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/release-2-0-4-3-canary-2018-11-13/5279/2):
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> I upgraded one machine to this, a Windows server from the previous canary (2.0.3.14), and now I get a warning that snapshots are failing: 2018-11-13 13:23:38 +01 - [Warning-Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.BackupHandler-SnapshotFailed]: Failed to create a snapshot: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Duplicati.Library.Common.IO.VssBackupComponents.SetupWriters(Guid[] includedWriters, Guid[] excludedWriters) at Duplicati.Library.Snapshots…

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