Question

        try
        {
            string directory = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents";
            string filename = "DBCS.config";
            string path = Path.Combine(directory, filename);

            if (File.Exists(filename))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("I exist");
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
        }

The code skips the messagebox everytime.

I checked to see if the file is actually there. The file is a simple text file.

Answer 1

You should use the variable path instead of filename

if (File.Exists(path))
{
    MessageBox.Show("I exist");
}