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FileNotFoundException Class

.NET Framework 4

The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a file that does not exist on disk fails.

System.Object
  System.Exception
    System.SystemException
      System.IO.IOException
        System.IO.FileNotFoundException

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class FileNotFoundException : IOException

The FileNotFoundException type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library FileNotFoundException() Initializes a new instance of the FileNotFoundException class with its message string set to a system-supplied message and its HRESULT set to COR_E_FILENOTFOUND.
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library FileNotFoundException(String) Initializes a new instance of the FileNotFoundException class with its message string set to message and its HRESULT set to COR_E_FILENOTFOUND.
Protected method FileNotFoundException(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) Initializes a new instance of the FileNotFoundException class with the specified serialization and context information.
Public method FileNotFoundException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the FileNotFoundException class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.
Public method FileNotFoundException(String, String) Initializes a new instance of the FileNotFoundException class with its message string set to message, specifying the file name that cannot be found, and its HRESULT set to COR_E_FILENOTFOUND.
Public method FileNotFoundException(String, String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the FileNotFoundException class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.
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  Name Description
Public property Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property FileName Gets the name of the file that cannot be found.
Public property FusionLog Gets the log file that describes why loading of an assembly failed.
Public property HelpLink Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected property Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library Message Gets the error message that explains the reason for the exception. (Overrides Exception.Message.)

In XNA Framework 3.0, this member is inherited from Exception.Message.

In Portable Class Library Portable Class Library, this member is inherited from Exception.Message.
Public property Source Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library StackTrace Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property TargetSite Gets the method that throws the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
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  Name Description
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library GetBaseException When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetObjectData Sets the SerializationInfo object with the file name and additional exception information. (Overrides Exception.GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext).)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)

In XNA Framework 3.0, this member is inherited from Object.GetType().

In Portable Class Library Portable Class Library, this member is inherited from Object.GetType().
Protected method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Supported by Portable Class Library ToString Returns the fully qualified name of this exception and possibly the error message, the name of the inner exception, and the stack trace. (Overrides Exception.ToString().)

In XNA Framework, this member is overridden by ToString().

In Portable Class Library, this member is overridden by ToString().
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  Name Description
Protected event SerializeObjectState Occurs when an exception is serialized to create an exception state object that contains serialized data about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
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FileNotFoundException uses the HRESULT COR_E_FILENOTFOUND which has the value 0x80070002.

If your code does not have PathDiscovery permission, the error message for this exception may only contain file or directory names instead of fully qualified paths.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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