help with properties class

What am I doing wrong in this program??
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import java.util.Properties;



class PropEg
{

public static void main(String arg[])

{

Properties p;
p.setProperties("path,C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin");

String pvalue = p.getProperty("path");

System.out.println("Property path="+pname);


}

}

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I'm getting the following errors:

PropEg.java:13: illegal escape character
p.setProperties("path,C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin");
^
PropEg.java:13: illegal escape character
p.setProperties("path,C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin");
^
PropEg.java:13: illegal escape character
p.setProperties("path,C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin");
^
3 errors

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