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# Mount path conflict: Can’t mount path inside real directory

Backup reports the following error:

```
Invalid path 'C:\example\path\files': 
Mount path conflict: Can't mount path 'C:\example\path\files' 
inside real directory 'C:\example\'!
```

This issue is caused because both "C:\example\ " and  "C:\example\path\files " are included for backup. Because the former (C:\example\\) is included, there's no need to specially include the latter (C:\example\path\files).

A new version of eazyBackup will have a filter to automatically skip this issue.

For now, you can work around this issue in eazyBackup by editing your protected item -> “items” tab, remove the included location "C:\example\\".

Substitute C:\example\ for your own path.

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