Problem reading a windows path from INI file value

[rawfool]

For a value in ini file, I have a windows path, which I need to read.

Ths is the content of my ini file

[Mozilla]
Dir1=C:\Firefox\sample\remediation
Dir2=C:\Firefox\properties\messages.ini
Dir3=C:\Firefox\sample\download.zip
Dir4=C:\Firefox\sample

[Mozilla]
Dir1=C:\Firefox\sample\remediation
Dir2=C:\Firefox\properties\messages.ini
Dir3=C:\Firefox\sample\download.zip
Dir4=C:\Firefox\sample

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Here from Dir4 I need to take the value. But it's taking as escape sequences & giving me output as C:Firefoxsample.

This is how I'm reading from the file.

QSettings dwldFolder(qApp->applicationDirPath() + "/sample.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);
dwldFolder.beginGroup("Mozilla");
QString path = dwldFolder.value("Dir4").toString();
qDebug() << "Path" << path;    // Here it is giving - C:Firefoxsample
dwldFolder.endGroup();

QSettings dwldFolder(qApp->applicationDirPath() + "/sample.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);
dwldFolder.beginGroup("Mozilla");
QString path = dwldFolder.value("Dir4").toString();
qDebug() << "Path" << path;    // Here it is giving - C:Firefoxsample
dwldFolder.endGroup();

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How do I convert it to C:\\Firefox\\sample or C:/Firefox/sample?

And in documentation it's mentioned as QSettings always treats backslash as a special character and provides no API for reading or writing such entries. Any work around?

[Lesiok]

Generally this is the correct behavior. How was the ini file created ?

[rawfool]

INI file is not created by my application, it's created by other non-qt application. I need to read a value (path) from the existing INI.

[yeye_olive]

Use Windows' native API.

[Santosh Reddy]

It would be better to read the ini file using the same API which created it in the first place, otherwise you may end up with other API incompatibilities.