File path? Ok please read carefully as I have asked this question before and I am not very computer litterate.

Question

I have a programme which requires me to enter a list from my doccuments and asks for the path name. I go to my doccuments right click on the folder go into properties and copy the c:\ thingy. When I paste into the programme it tells me
runtime error 75 file/pathname error. (Or error 56)
These are lists that I have downloaded myself and stored in my doccuments. Now is there somewhere on my pc where I can find the exact path to a folder? I'm using windows xp.
3 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.
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3 hours ago

ps. this will be the fourth time I've asked this question and people still give me the answer I don't want.
I have done c:\programme files etc, it doesn't work.

Answer 1

If you tell us what program your using, someone might be able to help.

Also, paste the "c:\thingy" in here so we can look at the syntax.

How old is the program your using? It it's old and was designed for an older version of windows, this kind of problem will occur.
Once we know what program it is then we can probably tell you how to make it work.

Answer 2

A pathname is either the absolute or relative location of a file.

Absolute:

C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents\My Sub Folder\myfile.txt

Relative:

My Documents\My Sub Folder\myfile.txt

So you may have gotten that error because you only specified the relative path instead of the absolute path.

Answer 3

Okay, if I understand your question, you are looking for a file in "My Documents". If this is correct, then the "true" location of the file is to click the "c:\" thingie and keep going:
c:\Documents and Settings\[userid]\My Documents\
...and find the target file...
[userid] is the userid with which you logon to the computer...

...and if you ever have to type in this strange melange into the computer, you MAY have to (but maybe not, try it once without) have to type double quotes...sometimes the application doesn't care for spaces in the file name, which you'll notice there are, up there!

I sincerely hope this helps!

Answer 4

On Windows XP, the file path to the My Documents folder is:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\

Then of course you need to add the continued path if you have stored data in folders within My Documents. So if you have a folder in there called Stuff, the path is:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Stuff\

Replace 'username' in each case with your login name. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\ if you are not sure what exactly it will be.

Answer 5

First, write EXACLY what that program asks you for. I mean copy ALL text that is written in window when program asks you for path.
Second, PATH is an attribute of each file. PATH means LOCATION. So again we need to know what path the program wants?