FileNotFoundException Class
The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a file that does not exist on disk fails.
For a list of all members of this type, see FileNotFoundException Members.
System.Object
System.Exception
System.SystemException
System.IO.IOException
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
[Visual Basic] <Serializable> Public Class FileNotFoundException Inherits IOException [C#] [Serializable] public class FileNotFoundException : IOException [C++] [Serializable] public __gc class FileNotFoundException : public IOException [JScript] public Serializable class FileNotFoundException extends IOException
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
FileNotFoundException uses the HRESULT COR_E_FILENOTFOUND which has the value 0x80070002.
Requirements
Namespace: System.IO
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework
Assembly: Mscorlib (in Mscorlib.dll)
See Also
FileNotFoundException Members | System.IO Namespace | Exception | Handling and Throwing Exceptions | Working with I/O | Reading Text from a File | Writing Text to a File