Giving path of a file in C#

Question

I want to open a xxx.txt file kept on desktop of my Computer but the program gives an

error Parser error unrecognized escape sequence '\D'. I am trying to give the path of the

file as "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\xxx.txt" .

Am i giving the path in a right way or is there any other way to give it

try this `"C:/Documents and Settings/user/Desktop/xxx.txt"` if it helps — PresleyDias, Apr 10 '12 at 05:43
pls check this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10083543/how-to-read-data-from-a-text-file-if-the-file-location-is-not-known-in-c — Sai Sherlekar, Apr 10 '12 at 05:45

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '12 at 05:44

\ is an escape character in C# strings. It is used for special characters, such as line break (\n). To write a literal \ you have to quote with another \:

string myFileName = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Desktop\\xxx.txt";

An alternative is to disable quoting for the string with the @ character:

string myFileName = @"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\xxx.txt";

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '12 at 05:44

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Use this path:

string path = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop), "xxx.txt");

answered Apr 10 '12 at 05:44

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '17 at 06:35

I had to access a file in my project, so the folder 'lib' which contains all the files i need, i placed this folder in the 'bin' folder of my project, and now i can access any file i need from lib folder. In code path i used is as follows:

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("..\\lib\\myFile.src");

Works well! :)

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 11 '12 at 02:20

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Change your path to C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Desktop\\xxx.txt.

edited Apr 11 '12 at 02:20

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answered Apr 10 '12 at 05:44

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score -7 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 10 '12 at 05:45

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Try to use C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop/xxx.txt

Instead of C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\xxx.txt

answered Apr 10 '12 at 05:45

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