I’m running Duplicati - 2.2.0.0_stable_2025-10-23 on Windows.
Trying to create a folder during Restore:
but for some reason it gets added to the program path:
Needless to say that the same worked in previous versions just fine.
Please clarify. Duplicati versions before 2.2 (and post-2.1 predecessors) had the “old UI”.
Problem is, I’m not seeing a Create folder button in it, but possibly I’m just not finding it…
Or are you talking about the “new UI” in some test version that led up to 2.2.0.0 release?
New UI problem seems to apply to the special folders. Workaround is navigate to actual.
C:\Users\<user>\Documents
Previous is pre-2.2 with Old UI, where it was possible just to type %some_variable%\newfolder and folder was created automatically.
I should have said “variable expansion” instead of “the same”, I can see that it’s probably confusing.
I just tried that in 2.2.0.0 new UI as %MY_DOCUMENTS%\Nov4 and got new folder with my files.
That was using “Manually type path” and Submit, so might be similar to what you described.
Using “Browse path” → “My Documents”, “b2” → click “Create folder” below tree, type Nov4
The folder gets created at the program path (mine differs) as a relative path. Presumably a bug.
C:\Duplicati\duplicati-2.2.0.0_stable_2025-10-23-win-x64-gui\RUN\%MY_DOCUMENTS%\b2\Nov4
It gets even stranger if I just click “My Documents” and try to create subfolder Nov4 under there.
Browser developer tools shows create of { "path": "file://%MY_DOCUMENTS%Nov4\\" }
C:\Duplicati\duplicati-2.2.0.0_stable_2025-10-23-win-x64-gui\RUN\%MY_DOCUMENTS%Nov4
That looks like current directory plus a folder of special folder name run onto new folder name.
The workaround is the same, I think – do your own navigation to whatever the special folder is.
The way you used to create folders in “Manually type path” also works for me, but not for you?
Thanks for checking. Looks like a bug for me. I’ll better stay with the old GUI for now.