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Ronald wrote:
> C-x C-f
> then I want to delete the path in the mini window,
> how to do it quickly?

Don't.  emacs is smart.  Just Type a / and emacs will ignore what comes 
before and start at the root.  Or type a ~ and emacs will start at the 
home directory.