Unrecognized escape sequence

[nitsydes]

Getting the below, any help greatly appreciated. Apologies I am new to all this so if school boy error my bad

Cannot import run-time settings from configuration file 'F:\App Backups\PlexBackup\PlexBackup.ps1.json'. Unrecognized escape sequence. (745): {
"_meta": {
"version": "1.0",
"strict": false,
"description": "Sample run-time settings for the PlexBackup.ps1 script."
},
"Mode": {
"_meta": {
"set": "Backup,Continue,Restore",
"default": "Backup"
},
"value": null
},
"Type": {
"_meta": {
"set": ",7zip,Robocopy",
"default": ""
},
"value": null
},
"PlexAppDataDir": {
"_meta": {
"default": "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Plex Media Server"
},
"value": null
},
"BackupRootDir": {
"_meta": {
"default": "$PSScriptRoot"
},
"value": "F:\App Backups\PlexBackup"
},
"BackupDir": {
"_meta": {
"default": null
},
"value": null
},
"TempDir": {
"_meta": {
"default": "$env:TEMP"
},
"hasValue": true,
"value": null
},
"WakeUpDir": {
"_meta": {
"default": null
},
"value": null
},
"ArchiverPath": {
"_meta": {
"default": "$env:ProgramFiles\7-Zip\7z.exe"
},
"value": null
},
"Quiet": {
"value": null
},
"LogLevel": {
"_meta": {
"default": "None,Error,Warning,Info,Debug"
},
"value": null
},
"Log": {
"value": true
},
"LogFile": {
"value": null
},
"ErrorLog": {
"value": null
},
"ErrorLogFile": {
"value": null
},
"Keep": {
"_meta": {
"range": "0-[int]::MaxValue",
"default": "3"
},
"value": null
},
"Retries": {
"_meta": {
"range": "0-[int]::MaxValue",
"default": "5"
},
"value": null
},
"RetryWaitSec": {
"_meta": {
"range": "0-[int]::MaxValue",
"default": "10"
},
"value": null
},
"RawOutput": {
"value": null
},
"Inactive": {
"value": null
},
"NoRestart": {
"value": null
},
"NoSingleton": {
"value": null
},
"NoVersion": {
"value": null
},
"NoLogo": {
"value": null
},
"Test": {
"value": false
},
"SendMail": {
"_meta": {
"set": "Never,Always,OnError,OnSuccess,OnBackup,OnBackupError,OnBackupSuccess,OnRestore,OnRestoreError,OnRestoreSuccess",
"default": "Never"
},
"value": null
},
"SmtpServer": {
"value": "smtp.gmail.com"
},
"Port": {
"_meta": {
"range": "0-[int]::MaxValue",
"default": "0"
},
"value": 587
},
"From": {
"value": null
},
"To": {
"value": null
},
"NoSsl": {
"value": null
},
"CredentialFile": {
"value": null
},
"NoCredential": {
"value": null
},
"Anonymous": {
"value": null
},
"SendLogFile": {
"_meta": {
"set": "Never,OnError,OnSuccess,Always",
"default": "Never"
},
"value": "OnError"
},
"Logoff": {
"value": null
},
"Reboot": {
"value": null
},
"ForceReboot": {
"value": null
},
"ExcludeDirs": {
"_meta": {
"default": ["Diagnostics","Crash Reports","Updates","Logs"]
},
"value": null
},
"ExcludeFiles": {
"_meta": {
"default": ["*.bif"]
},
"value": null
},
"SpecialDirs": {
"_meta": {
"default": ["Plug-in Support\Data\com.plexapp.system\DataItems\Deactivated"]
},
"value": null
},
"PlexServiceName": {
"_meta": {
"default": "^Plex"
},
"hasValue": false,
"value": null
},
"PlexServerFileName": {
"_meta": {
"default": "Plex Media Server.exe"
},
"value": null
},
"PlexServerPath": {
"value": null
},
"ArchiverOptionsCompress": {
"_meta": {
"comment": "The default options will always be applied. To include additional options, define them as an array.",
"default": ["-r","-y"]
},
"value": null
},
"ArchiverOptionsExpand": {
"_meta": {
"comment": "The default options will always be applied. To include additional options, define them as an array.",
"default": ["-aoa","-y"]
},
"value": null
}
}

[alekdavis]

You need to escape all backslash characters with another backslash character, e.g. F:\App Backups\PlexBackup should be F:\\App Backups\\PlexBackup. You can use https://jsonformatter.org/ to validate JSON.

[nitsydes]

Thanks Alek really appreciate your help. It was a school boy error. Thanks again