Determine via C# whether a string is a valid file path

Question

I would like to know how to determine whether string is valid file path.

The file path may or may not exist.

Answer 1

You can simply use Path.Combine() inside a try catch statement:

string path = @" your path ";
try
{
    Path.Combine(path);
}
catch
{
    MessageBox.Show("Invalid path");
}

Edit: Note that this function doesn't throw an exception if path contains wildcard characters ('*' and '?') since they can be used in search strings.