c# - Exception: "URI formats are not supported"

Question

I have an absolute local path pointing to a dir: "file:\C:\Users\john\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\proj"

But when I try to throw it into DirectoryInfo's ctor I get the "URI formats are not supported" exception.

I googled and looked on SO, but I only see solutions with remote paths, not local ones. I'd expect a conversion method of some sort...

Answer 1

string uriPath =
    "file:\C:\Users\john\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\proj";
string localPath = new Uri(uriPath).LocalPath;