ReadLinesAsync in UWP from absolute file path

I get error

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007B)

My code is

public async void ReadFile()
    {     
        var path = @"F:\VS\WriteLines.xls";
        var folder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;

        var file = await folder.GetFileAsync(path);
        var readFile = await Windows.Storage.FileIO.ReadLinesAsync(file);
        foreach (var line in readFile.OrderBy(line =>
        {
            int lineNo;
            var success = int.TryParse(line.Split(';')[4], out lineNo);
            if (success) return lineNo;
            return int.MaxValue;
        }))
        {
            itemsControl.Items.Add(line);
        }
    }

The error shows up at var file = await folder.GetFileAsync(path);

You cannot read a file from an arbitrary location on disk in a UWP App. There are a couple of ways you can still accomplish your task:

1. You can add the WriteLines.xls file to your project and set it's build action to Content and Copy to output Directory to Copy if newer. You can then access the file with the code you have by simply replacing the "path" value to:

var path = @"WriteLines.xls"

More details here

2. If you need to be able to read any files from disk, you need to either use a FilePicker to select the file or copy the file in the Documents Folder and change the folder to:

var folder = KnownFolders.DocumentsLibrary;

More details here