How can I remove the escape characters from this string?

Question

I have a string called argument that I need to send to a process. My argument was built and when I check the value from the immediate window I get this:

argument
" -i \"M:\\visual studio 2013\\cherry\\Database\\script.sql\" -v varDb=foobar"

what I want is to have this: (replace \ with \ and replace \" with ")

argument
" -i "M:\visual studio 2013\cherry\Database\script.sql" -v varDb=foobar"

I'm somewhat embarrassed I have to ask this, but I've tried all sorts of .Replace and regex expressions already.

Answer 1

As has been mentioned by others, the immediate window shows the unescaped string (by default). This can be changed using format specifiers (MSDN). Appending ,nq should remove escape chars

See: Copy value of watch variable in visual studio without escape characters for an example