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Backup of AppData\Roaming folder exceeds online storage space

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I'm trying to backup the AppData\Roaming folder under my user account folder in Windows 7. In Windows Explorer this folder and all it's contents show up as ~37MB. When I try to select it for backup in the Acronis Online Backup settings it shows up as ~550GB and says "Free space in insufficient". I don't have anything backed up online yet, it's completely empty so far.

What the heck is going on here?

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Hello Cwappy,

Thank you for your post and welcome to the Forum.

Most likely there are additional files, please make sure that you have enabled the option to show hidden files and please provide us with screenshots of the way you are trying to configure your online backup so that we can have a better understanding of this issue.

Please let me know if you have additional questions.

Thank you.

I'd suspect there is circular reference of junctions - first thing google for "appdata roaming" circular junction was "http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/applic… . If tree iteration algorithm is not smart enough and there is a junction pointing back to the appdata it will go in endless loop.