java.io.FileNotFoundException: the system cannot find the file specified

Question

I have a file named \"word.txt\".

It is in the same directory as my java file.

But when I try to access it in the following code th

Answer 1

Make sure when you create a txt file you don't type in the name "name.txt", just type in "name". If you type "name.txt" Eclipse will see it as "name.txt.txt". This solved it for me. Also save the file in the src folder, not the folder were the .java resides, one folder up.