title: DirectoryInfo & Path.GetDirectoryName - Exists method returns false while exists
body: <p>I would like to check whether a folder exists or not if not create. I'm sure this folder exists, but for some reason I get "false" when I check with "Exists" method.</p>
  
  <p>The only reason I think could be because of the W: drive?
  I moved this application to production site and even there it returns false.</p>
  
  <p>while I'm type in Windows explorer on my localhost and on the server "W:/Webs/ASPPages/cropper/uploads" it opens this folder.  So my localhost and IIS server has W: mapping.</p>
  
  <p>for test I tried to create the folder then it says can't find the path...</p>
  
  <pre><code>userFolderName = @"W:/Webs/ASPPages/cropper/uploads"
  
  //I also tried @"W:\Webs\ASPPages\cropper\uploads\"
  
  //I also tried @"W:\Webs\ASPPages\cropper\uploads" 
  
  //I also tried "W:\\Webs\\ASPPages\\cropper\\uploads" 
  
  
  
  DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(userFolderName);
  
  if (dirInfo.Exists) //returns false
  
  var diPath = new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetDirectoryName(userFolderName));
  
  if(diPath.Exists)  //returns false
  </code></pre>