PathCombine.qhelp

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<p><code>Path.Combine</code> may silently drop its earlier arguments if its later arguments are absolute paths. E.g. <code>Path.Combine("C:\\Users\\Me\\Documents", "C:\\Program Files\\") == "C:\\Program Files"</code>.</p>

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<recommendation>
<p>Use <code>Path.Join</code> instead.</p>
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<references>

  <li>Microsoft Learn, .NET API browser, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.path.combine?view=net-9.0">Path.Combine</a>.</li>
  <li>Microsoft Learn, .NET API browser, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.path.join?view=net-9.0">Path.Join</a>.</li>

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