Why doesn't System.Uri recognize query parameter for local file path?
I need to add some additional query information to file path as query parameter to parse path later during files processing. I though that System.Uri class can help me with this, but it looks like it doesn't give me what I expected for local file paths. var fileUri = new Uri("file:///c://a.txt?select=10") // fileUri.AbsoluteUri = "file:///c://a.txt%3Fselect=10" // fileUri.Query = "" var httpUri = new Uri("http://someAddress/a.txt?select=10") // httpUri.AbsoluteUri = "http://someaddress/a.txt?select=10" // httpUri.Query = "?select=10" In the case of "ftp://someAddress/a.txt?select=10" - query