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I have a file on a external device This PC\HERO4 Session\External Memory\DCIM\101GOPRO. Is there a way I can read this file in c# using File.OpenRead("This PC\HERO4 Session\External Memory\DCIM\101GOPRO") because when I tried to my desktop WPF app just adds the execution path and fails with FileNotFoundException. Thanks

Clemens
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Marko Stojkov
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  • "This PC" isn't an actual path on the file system. This other question might help, but it's not an exact duplicate because they're showing a folder browser: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33331667/cant-get-directory-from-external-device Still, it gives you an example of what kind of path you actually need. – Joel Coehoorn Feb 02 '22 at 16:03

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\ is a special symbol.

You can use \\ in string: File.OpenRead("This PC\\HERO4 Session\\...")

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@ before the string File.OpenRead(@"This PC\HERO4 Session\...")

Preslav Tsenov
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  • I tried this approach many times, but as i said when i try to open a file from external drive and the path does not start with a partition like C: or D: then my wpf app just adds the execution path at the start and throws exception – Marko Stojkov Feb 02 '22 at 15:42