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In a follow-up to a previous question regarding exceptions, what are best practices for creating a custom exception in .NET?
More specifically should you inherit from System.Exception, System.ApplicationException or some other base exception?
Inherit from
System.Exception.System.ApplicationExceptionis useless and the design guidelines say ‘Do not throw or derive fromSystem.ApplicationException.’See http://blogs.msdn.com/kcwalina/archive/2006/06/23/644822.aspx