In C++ normal sting literals need
Escape characters - cppreference.com[
^] in order to insert some special characters into the string.
You can disable them if your compiler supports it using Raw Strings:
cout << R"(Hello "Mike" - C:\myfolder\)";
Will print as
Hello "Mike" - C:\myfolder\
But be aware that this disables all special characters, so you can no longer enter newlines or tabs eitehr.