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**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-bug-cannot-choose-public-html-folder/52685 "2025-11-22T19:49:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:**  [@SimonG](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/SimonG)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-bug-cannot-choose-public-html-folder/52685/1 "2025-11-22T19:49:30Z")
I’ve just downloaded the Personal Profile Project and edited a few things before publishing to my web hosting account.
I am trying to go through the Publishing Setup, have entered in the correct host details, username and password, which passed the test fine. When I click on the browse button to select the folder I want to publish to on the remote server, the dialogue box appears and I can choose the Public\_HTML folder, but then the app locks up and I cannot click on anything, having to force quit.
If I just try to publish to the root folder there are some 2000 files Elements wants to upload?
I have a new install of 1.5.3, not really used it until now.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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**Author:**  [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-bug-cannot-choose-public-html-folder/52685/2 "2025-11-22T20:06:31Z")
It’s a bug 🐞
But you can get around it by double clicking on the public\_html directory in teh browse window that opens, even though the cancel and choose button have no effect.
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**Author:**  [@SimonG](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/SimonG)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-bug-cannot-choose-public-html-folder/52685/3 "2025-11-22T20:08:54Z")
Awesome, thank you.
It still want’s to publish 2898 files though!
Could it be trying to publish the resources (as in all of them) that appear in the left pane? (Icons / Backgrounds / Assets)?
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**Author:**  [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-bug-cannot-choose-public-html-folder/52685/4 "2025-11-22T20:09:23Z")
> [@SimonG](#):
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> It still want’s to publish 2898 files though!
Sounds about right I am afraid.
There is lots of backend stuff that gets published even if you don’t use it.
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**Author:**  [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-bug-cannot-choose-public-html-folder/52685/5 "2025-11-23T16:32:06Z")
It should only do a large upload (2989) files the first time. After that it should only upload the changes