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 ### Configure the Bot
 
-Navigate to your roaming user's application data folder (ex. on Windows "C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Roaming").
+Navigate to your roaming user's application data folder (ex. on Windows "C:\Users\\\<your user>\AppData\Roaming").
 Create a new folder named "Stonebot".
 Add a `config.json` file to the new folder with the contents:
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