Windows Backup error message

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Windows Backup gives me the following error message:

> Backup encountered a problem while backing up file C:WindowsSystem32configsystemprofileMy Pictures. Error: (The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002))

I looked in that folder and it contains only one folder, “Slide Shows,” which is empty. Why am I getting this message and what can I do about it?

OS: Windows 7 Pro sp-1 32-bit
Computer: Dell Latitude e-4300
RAM: 3 gig
Disk has 35.7 gigs free out of 224

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You may have to recreate the backup task. If you specify a file to be backed up and later delete the file, you will get this error.

Jerry

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system32config access is restricted to administrator.
Unless your backup is running as administrator I don’t think it can access anything in that folder.
There should also be no need to back it up, I would think, so as Jerry suggests the best way onward would be to eliminate that folder from the backup.

Jock

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That folder (C:WindowsSystem32configsystemprofileMy Pictures) is not included in the backup settings. Only the following are included:

[*]Administrator’s Libraries
[*]’s Libraries
[*]Several additional data folders on Drive C:, none of which include C:Windows.

In fact, the Windows folder is not even in the list of selectable folders.

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Don’t backup libraries.
Libraries contain hard links so whatever your trying to backup in those locations, try backing up their root locations.

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For most users that have not changed the locations of data, the actual data locations are in the /user/”UserName” folders, not the Libraries. As Clint mentions, the Libraries contain pointers to the data. This allows data to be stored in various folders, but have a convienent place to find pointers (shortcuts if you will) to the data. You can use Libraries to group pointers for like data from many folders in one location.

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