# How to set the Path.repo **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 13, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-path-repo/55396 "2016-07-13T10:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sukesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sukesh/32/10890_2.png) [@sukesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukesh)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-path-repo/55396/1 "2016-07-13T10:30:29Z")
``` "reason": "[my_backup] location [D:\\elasticsearch-2.3.1\\repo\\my_backup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty" ``` ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-path-repo/55396/2 "2016-07-13T10:42:51Z")
You are asking the same question [in another thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-i-tried-to-create-a-repository-by-using-kibana-it-is-throwing-an-error-like-this/55367/6). Why not keeping the discussion at the same place? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-path-repo/55396/3 "2016-07-13T10:43:36Z")
Yep. Please use your original. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-the-path-repo/55396/4 "2016-07-13T10:43:39Z")