What is difference between File.Exists(“”) and FileInfo exists

Question

I have an *.exe file in \\ProgramFiles(x86)\\MyAppFolder.

In x86 application I check if the file exists (64 bit system). simple:

bool fileExists = File.E         


        

Answer 1

This is about the only difference and it has more to do with the nature of FileInfo:

FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo("myFile.txt"); // non-existent file
Console.WriteLine(fileInfo.Exists);             // false
File.Create("myFile.txt");
Console.WriteLine(File.Exists("myFile.txt"));   // true
Console.WriteLine(fileInfo.Exists);             // false

So as you can see the value of fileInfo.Exists is cached the first time you use it.

Other than that, they do the same thing behind the scenes.