getting a music file onto File

[geork]

hey guys!
this code isn't wrong but it can never find a file i want it to play.
here is what i did:

File soundFile = new File("portalmusic.au");

it won't allow me to do

File soundFile = new File("C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\My Documents\New Folder\portalmusic.au");

please help

[kbyrne]

Try the full path as you have in your second example but with 2 back slashes or a forward slash instead of the back slach you have there, this might work.

1. File soundFile = new File("C:\\portalmusic.au");
2. File soundFile = new File("C:/portalmusic.au");