A forthcoming article will explain how I generated this list using gacutil.exe and Reflection, and show you how you can customise the code to read other assemblies that you might use more often.
UPDATE: The article is now available: Using gacutil.exe and Reflection to generate the Exceptions Cheat Sheet
mscorlib | |
| AbandonedMutexException | The exception that is thrown when one thread acquires a System.Threading.Mutex object that another thread has abandoned by exiting without releasing it. |
| AccessViolationException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to read or write protected memory. |
| AmbiguousMatchException | The exception that is thrown when binding to a member results in more than one member matching the binding criteria. This class cannot be inherited. |
| AppDomainUnloadedException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to access an unloaded application domain. |
| ApplicationException | The exception that is thrown when a non-fatal application error occurs. |
| ArgumentException | The exception that is thrown when one of the arguments provided to a method is not valid. |
| ArgumentNullException | The exception that is thrown when a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. |
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | The exception that is thrown when the value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method. |
| ArithmeticException | The exception that is thrown for errors in an arithmetic, casting, or conversion operation. |
| ArrayTypeMismatchException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to store an element of the wrong type within an array. |
| ASSERT | |
| BadImageFormatException | The exception that is thrown when the file image of a DLL or an executable program is invalid. |
| CannotUnloadAppDomainException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to unload an application domain fails. |
| COMException | The exception that is thrown when an unrecognized HRESULT is returned from a COM method call. |
| ContextMarshalException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to marshal an object across a context boundary fails. |
| CryptographicException | The exception that is thrown when an error occurs during a cryptographic operation. |
| CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException | The exception that is thrown when an unexpected operation occurs during a cryptographic operation. |
| CustomAttributeFormatException | The exception that is thrown when the binary format of a custom attribute is invalid. |
| DataMisalignedException | The exception that is thrown when a unit of data is read from or written to an address that is not a multiple of the data size. This class cannot be inherited. |
| DecoderFallbackException | The exception that is thrown when a decoder fallback operation fails. This class cannot be inherited. |
| DirectoryNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when part of a file or directory cannot be found. |
| DivideByZeroException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to divide an integral or decimal value by zero. |
| DllNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when a DLL specified in a DLL import cannot be found. |
| DriveNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when trying to access a drive or share that is not available. |
| DuplicateWaitObjectException | The exception that is thrown when an object appears more than once in an array of synchronization objects. |
| EncoderFallbackException | The exception that is thrown when an encoder fallback operation fails. This class cannot be inherited. |
| EndOfStreamException | The exception that is thrown when reading is attempted past the end of a stream. |
| EntryPointNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to load a class fails due to the absence of an entry method. |
| ExecutionEngineException | The exception that is thrown when there is an internal error in the execution engine of the common language runtime. This class cannot be inherited. |
| ExternalException | The base exception type for all COM interop exceptions and structured exception handling (SEH) exceptions. |
| FieldAccessException | The exception that is thrown when there is an invalid attempt to access a private or protected field inside a class. |
| FileLoadException | The exception that is thrown when a managed assembly is found but cannot be loaded. |
| FileNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a file that does not exist on disk fails. |
| FormatException | The exception that is thrown when the format of an argument does not meet the parameter specifications of the invoked method. |
| HostProtectionException | The exception that is thrown when a denied host resource is detected. |
| IdentityNotMappedException | Represents an exception for a principal whose identity could not be mapped to a known identity. |
| IndexOutOfRangeException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to access an element of an array with an index that is outside the bounds of the array. This class cannot be inherited. |
| InsufficientMemoryException | The exception that is thrown when a check for sufficient available memory fails. This class cannot be inherited. |
| InvalidCastException | The exception that is thrown for invalid casting or explicit conversion. |
| InvalidComObjectException | The exception thrown when an invalid COM object is used. |
| InvalidFilterCriteriaException | The exception that is thrown in System.Type.FindMembers(System.Reflection.MemberTypes, System.Reflection.BindingFlags, System.Reflection.MemberFilter, System.Object) when the filter criteria is not valid for the type of filter you are using. |
| InvalidOleVariantTypeException | The exception thrown by the marshaler when it encounters an argument of a variant type that can not be marshaled to managed code. |
| InvalidOperationException | The exception that is thrown when a method call is invalid for the object's current state. |
| InvalidProgramException | The exception that is thrown when a program contains invalid Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) or metadata. Generally this indicates a bug in the compiler that generated the program. |
| IOException | The exception that is thrown when an I/O error occurs. |
| IsolatedStorageException | The exception that is thrown when an operation in isolated storage fails. |
| KeyNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when the key specified for accessing an element in a collection does not match any key in the collection. |
| MarshalDirectiveException | The exception that is thrown by the marshaler when it encounters a System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute it does not support. |
| MemberAccessException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a class member fails. |
| MetadataException | |
| MethodAccessException | The exception that is thrown when there is an invalid attempt to access a private or protected method inside a class. |
| MissingFieldException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dynamically access a field that does not exist. |
| MissingManifestResourceException | The exception thrown if the main assembly does not contain the resources for the neutral culture, and they are required because of a missing appropriate satellite assembly. |
| MissingMemberException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dynamically access a class member that does not exist. |
| MissingMethodException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dynamically access a method that does not exist. |
| MissingSatelliteAssemblyException | The exception that is thrown when the satellite assembly for the resources of the neutral culture is missing. |
| MulticastNotSupportedException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to combine two delegates based on the System.Delegate type instead of the System.MulticastDelegate type. This class cannot be inherited. |
| NotFiniteNumberException | The exception that is thrown when a floating-point value is positive infinity, negative infinity, or Not-a-Number (NaN). |
| NotImplementedException | The exception that is thrown when a requested method or operation is not implemented. |
| NotSupportedException | The exception that is thrown when an invoked method is not supported, or when there is an attempt to read, seek, or write to a stream that does not support the invoked functionality. |
| NullReferenceException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to dereference a null object reference. |
| ObjectDisposedException | The exception that is thrown when an operation is performed on a disposed object. |
| OperationCanceledException | The exception that is thrown in a thread upon cancellation of an operation that the thread was executing. |
| OutOfMemoryException | The exception that is thrown when there is not enough memory to continue the execution of a program. |
| OverflowException | The exception that is thrown when an arithmetic, casting, or conversion operation in a checked context results in an overflow. |
| PathTooLongException | The exception that is thrown when a pathname or filename is longer than the system-defined maximum length. |
| PlatformNotSupportedException | The exception that is thrown when a feature does not run on a particular platform. |
| PolicyException | The exception that is thrown when policy forbids code to run. |
| PrivilegeNotHeldException | The exception that is thrown when a method in the System.Security.AccessControl namespace attempts to enable a privilege that it does not have. |
| RankException | The exception that is thrown when an array with the wrong number of dimensions is passed to a method. |
| ReflectionTypeLoadException | The exception that is thrown by the System.Reflection.Module.GetTypes method if any of the classes in a module cannot be loaded. This class cannot be inherited. |
| RemotingException | The exception that is thrown when something has gone wrong during remoting. |
| RemotingTimeoutException | The exception that is thrown when the server or the client cannot be reached for a previously specified period of time. |
| RuntimeWrappedException | Wraps an exception that does not derive from the System.Exception class. This class cannot be inherited. |
| SafeArrayRankMismatchException | The exception thrown when the rank of an incoming SAFEARRAY does not match the rank specified in the managed signature. |
| SafeArrayTypeMismatchException | The exception thrown when the type of the incoming SAFEARRAY does not match the type specified in the managed signature. |
| SecurityException | The exception that is thrown when a security error is detected. |
| SEHException | Represents Structured Exception Handler (SEH) errors. |
| SerializationException | The exception thrown when an error occurs during serialization or deserialization. |
| ServerException | The exception that is thrown to communicate errors to the client when the client connects to non-.NET Framework applications that cannot throw exceptions. |
| StackOverflowException | The exception that is thrown when the execution stack overflows because it contains too many nested method calls. This class cannot be inherited. |
| SynchronizationLockException | The exception that is thrown when a method requires the caller to own the lock on a given Monitor, and the method is invoked by a caller that does not own that lock. |
| SystemException | Defines the base class for predefined exceptions in the System namespace. |
| TargetException | Represents the exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to invoke an invalid target. |
| TargetInvocationException | The exception that is thrown by methods invoked through reflection. This class cannot be inherited. |
| TargetParameterCountException | The exception that is thrown when the number of parameters for an invocation does not match the number expected. This class cannot be inherited. |
| ThreadAbortException | The exception that is thrown when a call is made to the System.Threading.Thread.Abort(System.Object) method. This class cannot be inherited. |
| ThreadInterruptedException | The exception that is thrown when a System.Threading.Thread is interrupted while it is in a waiting state. |
| ThreadStartException | The exception that is thrown when a failure occurs in a managed thread after the underlying operating system thread has been started, but before the thread is ready to execute user code. |
| ThreadStateException | The exception that is thrown when a System.Threading.Thread is in an invalid System.Threading.Thread.ThreadState for the method call. |
| TimeoutException | The exception that is thrown when the time allotted for a process or operation has expired. |
| TypeInitializationException | The exception that is thrown as a wrapper around the exception thrown by the class initializer. This class cannot be inherited. |
| TypeLoadException | The exception that is thrown when type-loading failures occur. |
| TypeUnloadedException | The exception that is thrown when there is an attempt to access an unloaded class. |
| UnauthorizedAccessException | The exception that is thrown when the operating system denies access because of an I/O error or a specific type of security error. |
| VerificationException | The exception that is thrown when the security policy requires code to be type safe and the verification process is unable to verify that the code is type safe. |
| WaitHandleCannotBeOpenedException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to open a system mutex or semaphore that does not exist. |
| XmlSyntaxException | The exception that is thrown when there is a syntax error in XML parsing. This class cannot be inherited. |
System | |
| AuthenticationException | The exception that is thrown when authentication fails for an authentication stream. |
| CheckoutException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to check out a file that is checked into a source code management program is canceled or fails. |
| ConfigurationException | The exception that is thrown when a configuration system error has occurred. |
| CookieException | The exception that is thrown when an error is made adding a System.Net.Cookie to a System.Net.CookieContainer. |
| HttpListenerException | The exception that is thrown when an error occurs processing an HTTP request. |
| InternalBufferOverflowException | The exception thrown when the internal buffer overflows. |
| InternalException | |
| InvalidAsynchronousStateException | Thrown when a thread on which an operation should execute no longer exists or has no message loop. |
| InvalidCredentialException | The exception that is thrown when authentication fails for an authentication stream and cannot be retried. |
| InvalidDataException | The exception that is thrown when a data stream is in an invalid format. |
| InvalidEnumArgumentException | The exception thrown when using invalid arguments that are enumerators. |
| LicenseException | Represents the exception thrown when a component cannot be granted a license. |
| NetworkInformationException | The exception that is thrown when an error occurs while retrieving network information. |
| PingException | The exception that is thrown when a System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.Send or System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping.SendAsync method calls a method that throws an exception. |
| ProtocolViolationException | The exception that is thrown when an error is made while using a network protocol. |
| SemaphoreFullException | The exception that is thrown when the System.Threading.Semaphore.Release method is called on a semaphore whose count is already at the maximum. |
| SettingsPropertyIsReadOnlyException | Provides an exception for read-only System.Configuration.SettingsProperty objects. |
| SettingsPropertyNotFoundException | Provides an exception for System.Configuration.SettingsProperty objects that are not found. |
| SettingsPropertyWrongTypeException | Provides an exception that is thrown when an invalid type is used with a System.Configuration.SettingsProperty object. |
| SmtpException | Represents the exception that is thrown when the System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient is not able to complete a System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send or System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.SendAsync operation. |
| SmtpFailedRecipientException | Represents the exception that is thrown when the System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient is not able to complete a System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send or System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.SendAsync operation to a particular recipient. |
| SmtpFailedRecipientsException | The exception that is thrown when e-mail is sent using an System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient and cannot be delivered to all recipients. |
| SocketException | The exception that is thrown when a socket error occurs. |
| UriFormatException | The exception that is thrown when an invalid Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is detected. |
| WarningException | Specifies an exception that is handled as a warning instead of an error. |
| WebException | The exception that is thrown when an error occurs while accessing the network through a pluggable protocol. |
| Win32Exception | Throws an exception for a Win32 error code. |
System.Configuration | |
| ConfigurationErrorsException | The current value is not one of the System.Web.Configuration.PagesSection.EnableSessionState values. |
| ProviderException | The exception that is thrown when a configuration provider error has occurred. This exception class is also used by providers to throw exceptions when internal errors occur within the provider that do not map to other pre-existing exception classes. |
System.Core | |
| AssertionException | |
| AssumptionException | |
| EventLogException | Represents the base class for all the exceptions that are thrown when an error occurs while reading event log related information. |
| EventLogInvalidDataException | Represents the exception thrown when an event provider publishes invalid data in an event. |
| EventLogNotFoundException | Represents the exception that is thrown when a requested event log (usually specified by the name of the event log or the path to the event log file) does not exist. |
| EventLogProviderDisabledException | Represents the exception that is thrown when a specified event provider name references a disabled event provider. A disabled event provider cannot publish events. |
| EventLogReadingException | Represents an exception that is thrown when an error occurred while reading, querying, or subscribing to the events in an event log. |
| InstanceNotFoundException | The exception thrown to indicate that no instances are returned by a provider. |
| InstrumentationBaseException | Represents the base provider-related exception. |
| InstrumentationException | Represents a provider-related exception. |
| InvalidTimeZoneException | The exception that is thrown when time zone information is invalid. |
| InvariantException | |
| LockRecursionException | The exception that is thrown when recursive entry into a lock is not compatible with the recursion policy for the lock. |
| PostconditionException | |
| PreconditionException | |
| SystemCore_EnumerableDebugViewEmptyException | |
| TimeZoneNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when a time zone cannot be found. |
System.Data | |
| ConstraintException | Represents the exception that is thrown when attempting an action that violates a constraint. |
| DataException | Represents the exception that is thrown when errors are generated using ADO.NET components. |
| DBConcurrencyException | The exception that is thrown by the System.Data.Common.DataAdapter during an insert, update, or delete operation if the number of rows affected equals zero. |
| DbException | The base class for all exceptions thrown on behalf of the data source. |
| DeletedRowInaccessibleException | Represents the exception that is thrown when an action is tried on a System.Data.DataRow that has been deleted. |
| DuplicateNameException | Represents the exception that is thrown when a duplicate database object name is encountered during an add operation in a System.Data.DataSet -related object. |
| EvaluateException | Represents the exception that is thrown when the System.Data.DataColumn.Expression property of a System.Data.DataColumn cannot be evaluated. |
| InRowChangingEventException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you call the System.Data.DataRow.EndEdit method within the System.Data.DataTable.RowChanging event. |
| InvalidConstraintException | Represents the exception that is thrown when incorrectly trying to create or access a relation. |
| InvalidExpressionException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you try to add a System.Data.DataColumn that contains an invalid System.Data.DataColumn.Expression to a System.Data.DataColumnCollection. |
| InvalidUdtException | Thrown when SQL Server or the ADO.NET System.Data.SqlClient provider detects an invalid user-defined type (UDT). |
| MissingPrimaryKeyException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you try to access a row in a table that has no primary key. |
| ModuleLoadException | |
| ModuleLoadExceptionHandlerException | |
| NoNullAllowedException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you try to insert a null value into a column where System.Data.DataColumn.AllowDBNull is set to false. |
| OdbcException | The exception that is generated when a warning or error is returned by an ODBC data source. This class cannot be inherited. |
| OleDbException | The exception that is thrown when the underlying provider returns a warning or error for an OLE DB data source. This class cannot be inherited. |
| OperationAbortedException | This exception is thrown when an ongoing operation is aborted by the user. |
| ReadOnlyException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you try to change the value of a read-only column. |
| RowNotInTableException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you try to perform an operation on a System.Data.DataRow that is not in a System.Data.DataTable. |
| SqlAlreadyFilledException | The System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlAlreadyFilledException class is not intended for use as a stand-alone component, but as a class from which other classes derive standard functionality. |
| SqlException | The exception that is thrown when SQL Server returns a warning or error. This class cannot be inherited. |
| SqlNotFilledException | The System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlNotFilledException class is not intended for use as a stand-alone component, but as a class from which other classes derive standard functionality. |
| SqlNullValueException | The exception that is thrown when the Value property of a System.Data.SqlTypes structure is set to null. |
| SqlTruncateException | The exception that is thrown when you set a value into a System.Data.SqlTypes structure would truncate that value. |
| SqlTypeException | The base exception class for the System.Data.SqlTypes. |
| StrongTypingException | The exception that is thrown by a strongly typed System.Data.DataSet when the user accesses a DBNull value. |
| SyntaxErrorException | Represents the exception that is thrown when the System.Data.DataColumn.Expression property of a System.Data.DataColumn contains a syntax error. |
| TypedDataSetGeneratorException | The exception that is thrown when a name conflict occurs while generating a strongly typed System.Data.DataSet. |
| VersionNotFoundException | Represents the exception that is thrown when you try to return a version of a System.Data.DataRow that has been deleted. |
System.Data.Entity | |
| EntityCommandCompilationException | Represents errors that occur during command compilation; when a command tree could not be produced to represent the command text. |
| EntityCommandExecutionException | Represents errors that occur when the underlying storage provider could not execute the specified command. This exception usually wraps a provider-specific exception. |
| EntityException | Represents Entity Framework-related errors that occur in the EntityClient namespace. The EntityException is the base class for all Entity Framework exceptions thrown by the EntityClient. |
| EntitySqlException | Represents errors that occur when parsing Entity SQL command text. This exception is thrown when syntactic or semantic rules are violated. |
| InternalMappingException | |
| InvalidCommandTreeException | The exception that is thrown to indicate that a command tree is invalid. |
| MappingException | The exception that is thrown when mapping related service requests fail. |
| MetadataException | The exception that is thrown when metadata related service requests fails. |
| ObjectNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when an object is not present. |
| OptimisticConcurrencyException | The exception that is thrown when an optimistic concurrency violation occurs. |
| ProviderIncompatibleException | The exception that is thrown when the underlying data provider is incompatible with the Entity Framework. |
| UpdateException | The exception that is thrown when modifications to object instances cannot be persisted to the data store. |
System.Data.Linq | |
| ChangeConflictException | Thrown when an update fails because database values have been updated since the client last read them. |
| DuplicateKeyException | Thrown when an attempt is made to add an object to the identity cache by using a key that is already being used. |
| ForeignKeyReferenceAlreadyHasValueException | Represents errors that occur when an attempt is made to change a foreign key when the entity is already loaded. |
System.Data.Services | |
| DataServiceException | Represents an instance of the System.Data.Services.DataServiceException class with a specified message that describes the error. |
System.Web | |
| DatabaseNotEnabledForNotificationException | The exception that is thrown when a SQL Server database is not enabled to support dependencies associated with the System.Web.Caching.SqlCacheDependency class. This class cannot be inherited. |
| HostingEnvironmentException | |
| HttpCompileException | The exception that is thrown when a compiler error occurs. |
| HttpException | Describes an exception that occurred during the processing of HTTP requests. |
| HttpParseException | The exception that is thrown when a parse error occurs. |
| HttpRequestValidationException | The exception that is thrown when a potentially malicious input string is received from the client as part of the request data. This class cannot be inherited. |
| HttpUnhandledException | The exception that is thrown when a generic exception occurs. |
| MembershipCreateUserException | The exception that is thrown when a user is not successfully created by a membership provider. |
| MembershipPasswordException | The exception that is thrown when a password cannot be retrieved from the password store. |
| SqlExecutionException | Defines a class for SQL execution exceptions in the System.Web.Management namespace. |
| TableNotEnabledForNotificationException | The exception that is thrown when a System.Web.Caching.SqlCacheDependency class is used against a database table that is not enabled for change notifications. |
| ViewStateException | Represents the exception that is thrown when the view state cannot be loaded or validated. This class cannot be inherited. |
System.Web.Services | |
| InvalidContentTypeException | |
| InvalidDocumentContentsException | |
| SoapException | Represents the exception that is thrown when an XML Web service method is called over SOAP and an exception occurs. |
| SoapHeaderException | The SOAP representation of a server error. |
System.Xml | |
| UpaException | |
| XmlException | Returns detailed information about the last exception. |
| XmlSchemaException | Returns detailed information about the schema exception. |
| XmlSchemaInferenceException | Returns information about errors encountered by the System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaInference class while inferring a schema from an XML document. |
| XmlSchemaValidationException | Represents the exception thrown when XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) schema validation errors and warnings are encountered in an XML document being validated. |
| XPathException | Provides the exception thrown when an error occurs while processing an XPath expression. |
| XsltCompileException | The exception that is thrown by the Load method when an error is found in the XSLT style sheet. |
| XsltException | The exception that is thrown when an error occurs while processing an XSLT transformation. |
