# Ignition Restore problem

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-restore-problem/8442>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 14, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-restore-problem/8442 "2014-05-14T14:48:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![adamaustin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@adamaustin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adamaustin)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-restore-problem/8442/1 "2014-05-14T14:48:57Z")

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We ran into this problem twice within the last two weeks. When restoring from a backup, the file ignition.conf located (in Windows Server 2008) in folder C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\data may have the forward slashes (/) or backslashes () (not sure which) removed from the wrapper.java.command:

```auto
...
# Java Application
# Locate the java binary on the system PATH:
wrapper.java.command=C:jdk1.7.0_21jrebinjava.exe
...
```

This means the Ignition Gateway cannot be started. The manual solution to this restore problem is to add in the forward or backslashes:

```auto
...
# Java Application
# Locate the java binary on the system PATH:
wrapper.java.command=C:\jdk1.7.0_21\jre\bin\java.exe
...
```

Ignition Platform 7.5.11 (b1526)  
Java Version: Oracle Corporation 1.7.0\_25 (client)  
Using Java 6 on the server (I think)

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**Author:** ![anna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anna](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anna)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-restore-problem/8442/2 "2014-05-14T19:08:57Z")

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adamaustin, I have seen this happen after a restore when backward slashes are used for Java path in ignition.conf . Try using forward slashes only and see if you still have this issue.