reading and writing to files

im trying to make this game trainer but when i try and write/read files outside the folder where the .exe it wont compile
i get all these errors like

24 C:\Documents and Settings\wmorrish\Desktop\New Folder\main.cpp:7 [Warning] unknown escape sequence '\D'

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    string data;
    ifstream open_file("C:\Documents and Settings\wmorrish\Desktop\New Folder\new", ios::in);
    getline(open_file, data);
}

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\ in a string signifies an escape sequence. If you're looking for \, you need to put \\.

> ifstream open_file("C:\Documents and Settings\wmorrish\Desktop\New Folder\new", ios::in);

Backslash is used to start an escape sequence, so use double backslashes:
ifstream open_file("C:\\Documents and Settings\\wmorrish\\Desktop\\New Folder\\new", ios::in);