deleting problems

how can I delete the first and last character of my string?

"c:\windows\desktop"

I want to delete the "

I know how to get the last one, but not the first...

so the output will be
c:\windows\desktop

mid(TEXT,2,len(TEXT)-1)

says its incorrect santax.. do you have it formatted correctly?

Nm got it working

thanks
-Sac