mount denied: source path too many colons

[BluBloos]

Steps to Reproduce

1. follow readme steps (on a Windows OS system).
2. be dissapointed because it says "Error response from daemon: mount denied: the source path too many colons".

Expected Behaviour

should not get dissapointed

Context

just wanted it to work

[samlemaire]

I have the exact same problem.

If you ever find a solution except : installing Unix system on a virtual box. I'd love you share it to me

[CharlieHu99]

The problem may be caused by the filename on Windows system, I solved it by these steps:

1. find the file "toolkit/lib/docker-compose.base.yml"
2. change volumes: - "${OVERLEAF_DATA_PATH}:${OVERLEAF_IN_CONTAINER_DATA_PATH}" into volumes: - "${OVERLEAF_DATA_PATH}:\\${OVERLEAF_IN_CONTAINER_DATA_PATH}" This solves my problem. I guess adding "\\"(two backslashes) can prevent the windows system generating a string like "overleaf_data_path: C: \xxx" (with too many ":").