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copied!<p><code>Properties</code> uses "\" as an escape character. As you read the values in, the "\" character is been stripped off, meaning, rather then the value being <code>C:\pers\nick</code> as you would expect, it is actually coming out as </p> <pre><code>C:pers ick </code></pre> <p>The stranger thing is, if you had saved the configuration file with <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html#store%28java.io.OutputStream,%20java.lang.String%29" rel="nofollow"><code>Properties.store</code></a> this should have being resolved automatically for you (the value in the properties file would look something like <code>C\:\\pers\\nick</code></p> <p>So, if I create a properties that looks like:</p> <pre><code>results.download.location = C:\pers\nick results.download.location2 = C\:\\pers\\nick </code></pre> <p>Then read it using</p> <pre><code>public static void main(String[] args) { InputStream is = null; try { is = new FileInputStream("Test.properties"); Properties p = new Properties(); p.load(is); System.out.println(p.getProperty("results.download.location")); System.out.println(p.getProperty("results.download.location2")); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { is.close(); } catch (Exception e) { } } } </code></pre> <p>I get the output of...</p> <pre><code>C:pers ick C:\pers\nick </code></pre> <p>Now, if I write the file using...</p> <pre><code>String value = "C:\\pers\\nick"; // Value has to be escaped for assignment... System.out.println("Value to be written = " + value); OutputStream os = null; try { os = new FileOutputStream("Test.properties"); Properties p = new Properties(); p.setProperty("results.download.location2", value); p.store(os, ""); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { os.close(); } catch (Exception e) { } } </code></pre> <p>The properties file looks like...</p> <pre><code>results.download.location2=C\:\\pers\\nick </code></pre> <p>Now this should allow the user to enter a value of "C:\pers\nick" and if you write it correctly, it will be automatically escaped.</p> <p>From the sounds of things, you've hand coded the properties file ;)</p>

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