public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) { //write your code here System.out.println("This is a Windows path: "C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_172\\bin""); System.out.println("This is a Java string: \\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Java\\\\jdk1.8.0_172\\\\bin\\\""); } } I am getting a compiler error at jdk1.8.0_172\\bin but I cannot work out how to fix it