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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T17:09:32+00:00 2026-05-12T17:09:32+00:00

It seems Windows insists on writing a backslash \ in file paths, whereas .NET’s

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It seems Windows insists on writing a backslash \ in file paths, whereas .NET’s URI class writes them with a slash /. Is there any right way, that is accepted even in the most primitive systems? And why is .NET’s URI showing the other slash compared with the rest of Windows?

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    2026-05-12T17:09:33+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    A file path and a URI are different. \ is correct in a Windows file path and / is correct in a URI.

    So this file path: C:\Documents\Foo translates to this URI: file:///C:/Documents/Foo

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