Does try/catch work outside of Task.Factory.StartNew? [duplicate]

Question

Will the following catch an exception that occurs inside of StartNew()? It doesn't seem to.

   try
   {
      Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
      {
       //do something
      });
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
      //log it
    }

Answer 1

No. Your try block will exit after the new task is created.

You can catch exceptions though. Please see: Catching Error when using Task.Factory for more information.