# Unable to open a freshly created repository on network share

**URL:** https://kopia.discourse.group/t/unable-to-open-a-freshly-created-repository-on-network-share/3557
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/unable-to-open-a-freshly-created-repository-on-network-share/3557 "2024-12-19T04:11:51Z")
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### Author: ![frustrateduser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19adc/32.png) [@frustrateduser](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/frustrateduser)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/unable-to-open-a-freshly-created-repository-on-network-share/3557/2 "2024-12-19T06:13:33Z")

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Dug further and found this answer. It ‘works’ but man that’s brutal.

> [@Can never connect to repository after initial creation](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/can-never-connect-to-repository-after-initial-creation/2576/8):
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> Wow, that was it, thank you. Running dot\_clean as suggested in the GitHub issue allows Kopia to connect to the repository no problem. Seems like Kopia needs a way to handle these files, since MacOS always creates them by default.

Basically deleting all . files created by macOS within the repo structure on the share. Ouch.

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