# KOPIA not seeing snapshots in folder

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-not-seeing-snapshots-in-folder/8876>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-not-seeing-snapshots-in-folder/8876 "2026-05-06T15:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![OkieUnix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/okieunix/32/2008_2.png) [@OkieUnix](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/OkieUnix)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-not-seeing-snapshots-in-folder/8876/1 "2026-05-06T15:56:17Z")

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New to Kopia but not to backups  
I posted what I am seeing. Snapshots are being taken but doesn’t look like any capacity is being taken up as shown below

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kopia/original/2X/2/204ae9b951ba32fb87d795ccf599818d0a8bcdf2.png)

As you can see I have nothing in my repository. Also kopia list doesn’t seem to work

From the CLI I am getting this:PS C:\Users\okieu\> kopia snapshot list all  
okieu@brutus:C:  
2026-05-06 01:59:05 PDT error reading directory: entry not found  
2026-05-06 01:59:05 PDT error reading directory: entry not found  
2026-05-06 01:59:05 PDT error reading directory: entry not found  
PS C:\Users\okieu\>

PS C:\Users\okieu\> dir E:\Kopia-bu\Repository  
PS C:\Users\okieu\>

As you can see I am not seeing anything

Any ideas.

Phillip

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**Author:** ![OkieUnix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/okieunix/32/2008_2.png) [@OkieUnix](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/OkieUnix)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-not-seeing-snapshots-in-folder/8876/2 "2026-05-06T20:28:59Z")

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I wrote a powershell script which seems to have resolved the issue for now.  
But I brought up the GUI and did NOT contained what was kicked off in the powershell script.  
Is there a reason why the CLI and GUI not intergrated together? That what it seems like to me.

BTW, I left out OS details I was backing up Windows 11 Pro.  
Below is the powershell script.

================================

# Kopia Backup Script (Fixed Compatibility)

# ================================

$SourceUser = $env:USERPROFILE  
$RepoPath = “E:\Kopia-bu”  
$LogFile = “E:\Kopia-bu\backup.log”  
$KopiaExe = “kopia”

# ---- CONNECT (USES CACHED CREDENTIALS) ----

Write-Host “Connecting to Kopia repository…” -ForegroundColor Yellow

& $KopiaExe repository connect filesystem ` --path $RepoPath`  
–log-file $LogFile

if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {  
Write-Host “ERROR: Repository connection failed.” -ForegroundColor Red  
exit 1  
}

# ---- FUNCTION ----

function Backup-Path {  
param ([string]$Path)

```auto
if (Test-Path $Path) {
    Write-Host "Backing up $Path..." -ForegroundColor Cyan

    & $KopiaExe snapshot create $Path `
        --log-file $LogFile

    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
        Write-Host "FAILED: $Path" -ForegroundColor Red
    }
}

```

}

# ---- USER DATA ----

$UserFolders = @(  
“Desktop”,  
“Documents”,  
“Pictures”,  
“Videos”,  
“Music”,  
“Favorites”  
)

foreach ($folder in $UserFolders) {  
Backup-Path -Path (Join-Path $SourceUser $folder)  
}

# ---- APPDATA ----

Backup-Path “$SourceUser\AppData\Roaming”  
Backup-Path “$SourceUser\AppData\Local\Packages”

# ---- SSH ----

Backup-Path “$SourceUser.ssh”

# ---- POWERSHELL CONFIG ----

Backup-Path “$SourceUser\Documents\PowerShell”

# ---- CUSTOM PATHS ----

@(  
“C:\Scripts”,  
“C:\Repos”,  
“C:\Tools”  
) | ForEach-Object {  
Backup-Path $\_  
}

# ---- VERIFY ----

& $KopiaExe snapshot list --log-file $LogFile

Write-Host “Backup process finished (check errors above).” -ForegroundColor Green

============ End of Powershell script =====================