Forward, Backward, who cares? It’s just a slash!

I am writing this post partly in frustration and partly because, well … let’s face it we all need a refresher course! As my readers probably know by now, I work and play in the I.T. environment. I am constantly asked a variety of questions both beginner and advanced. One of the things that comes up when troubleshooting any question is the difference between a forward-slash and a backslash. I find it comical, when in the midst of troubleshooting, I can ask a novice or expert to type, backslash backslash (\\), so as to navigate to a network share, and hear the response It’s not working, it says it can’t find the path specified?. After going through multiple other steps to figure out why the server is down or the share isn’t available, I come to find out they type two forward-slashes (//) instead. I am sure many of you can relate, and some of you are probably offended because you too have fell victim to the backslashes evil twin. Just remember that no question is to dumb, so if you can’t remember, just ask!

\\ Happy slashing \\

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