Exceptions within the .NET frame work should be caught from most specific to least specific. This is because only the first catch block with a matching exception type is the only block that is executed. So in other words if you catch a more general exception before a less general exception, the code will never make it beyond the general exception that is caught. The more specific catch block becomes unreachable code.
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.NET Exception Handling (Microsoft)
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