# Notifications menu shows raw backslash escapes in titles

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-menu-shows-raw-backslash-escapes-in-titles/58028>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [27. Februar 2017 um 17:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-menu-shows-raw-backslash-escapes-in-titles/58028 "2017-02-27T17:07:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![LeoDavidson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/leodavidson/32/119574_2.png) [@LeoDavidson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoDavidson)\
**Post date:** [10. März 2017 um 21:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-menu-shows-raw-backslash-escapes-in-titles/58028/4 "2017-03-10T21:36:48Z")

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FWIW, there are some cases where you do need to escape baskslashes in titles.

One example is a title about UNC paths in Windows:

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`Problem going to \\server\share`

becomes:

Problem going to \server\share

unless you double up the first pair of backslashes:

`Problem going to \\\\server\share`

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Our forum is about a file manager, so this example isn’t entirely contrived. That said, it is still rare for it to matter, and the problem is still small and cosmetic, so it may still not be worth fixing. We can certainly live with it.

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