>2 problems I see with this approach - firstly (which may not be a problem) the resulting string will be longer than the original (by the number of inserted BS), second (most importantly) it will cause havoc if the paths contain spaces.
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>Maybe checking to see if second char is : before adding BS would get around problem.
Oops, you're right. Looks like James got his answer IAC.
Roi
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