# "missing files" error after switching to custom retention policy

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/missing-files-error-after-switching-to-custom-retention-policy/2695
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/missing-files-error-after-switching-to-custom-retention-policy/2695 "2018-03-01T03:25:06Z")
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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: [March 14, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/missing-files-error-after-switching-to-custom-retention-policy/2695/16 "2018-03-14T21:04:00Z")

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> [@Wim\_Jansen](#):
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> Did your repair download dblock files?

I’ll have to check the log but I don’t think so. In my case what needed to be “repaired” was just getting the local database list of destination files in sync with the ACTUAL destination files. So my guess is only dlist files were downloaded, if that - it’s possible a simple file list could have been enough (though in that case 42 min. seems a bit excessive).

I’ll stop guessing now and try to update when I’m back at that machine.

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