Cannot determine whether a queue with the specified format name exists

Question

I get the exception when executing the following code. Any ideas what is wrong?

string queueName = \"FormatName:Direct=TCP:1.1.1.1\\\\Private$\\\\test\";
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Answer 1

I ended up with the answers from Svix, Erwin van Dijk and Joseph Daigle combined. Additionally I checked for ArgumentException:

    /// 

    /// Checks if a (remote) Microsoft Message Queue is available
    /// 
    /// The name of the Message Queue.
    /// Returns true if the queue is available otherwise false.
    public static bool IsQueueAvailable(string queueName)
    {
        MessageQueue queue;
        try
        {
            queue = new MessageQueue(queueName);
            queue.Peek(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 5)); // wait max. 5 sec. to recieve first message from queue (reduce if necessary)
            return true;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            if(ex is ArgumentException)
            {   // the provided queue name is wrong.
                return false;
            }
            else if (ex is MessageQueueException)
            {   // if message queue exception occurs either the queue is avialable but without entries (check for peek timeout) or the queue does not exist or you don't have access.
                return (((MessageQueueException)ex).MessageQueueErrorCode == MessageQueueErrorCode.IOTimeout);
            }
            // any other error occurred.
            return false;
        }
    }