Replacing "\\" with "\"

Hi all
I'm getting this value from a CheckBoxList control - a location of file, i have to remove "\\" and replace it with "\" and pass it to Query, how to do it, i tried with Replace, but coud'nt suceed.
"\\\\Blaze10xp\\BLZ_SFS_07\\Sample Excel Files\\Excel Files\\report2.xls"
thank's in advance
- Prakash.C

you tried Replace like this?
string newstring = oldstring.Replace(@"\\",@"\");
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yes i tried like that then also it shows that "invalid escape seqeance..." 
no-one haven't came across this problem yet....?
please any solution   
Prakash.C