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>>>>> "fd" == Friedrich Dominicus <frido@q-software-solutions.com> writes:

fd> \ are unfine in Emacs lisp but here we go
fd> (defvar *str* "c:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\")

fd> (replace-in-string *str* (regexp-quote "\\") "/" )
fd> "c:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/"

'replace-in-string' doesn't seem to be defined  21.2.1...
However, 'dired-replace-in-string' is if you (require 'dired)

...cj