I can't find xsd.exe in Visual Studio 2008?

Question

In Visual Studio 2005 the XSD compiler was in the SDK/v2.0 directory. In Visual Studio there is only a SDK/v3.5 directory has gone and so too has the xsd.exe compiler. Where has it gone?

Solution 1

Not being completely happy with the above answers I have found that the SDK containing amongst other things the XSD.exe compiler is distributed now as part of the Windows SDK. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/bb980924.aspx?wt.svl=more_downloads

It is distributed as part of the Visual Studio 2008 package but they have moved it from the Visual Studio directory tree to:

on 32bit Windows "Program Files/Microsoft SDKs", and on 64bit Windows "Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs"

Solution 2

I have xsd.exe here

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\xsd.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\xsd.exe

I have VS2005 and VS2008 installed (and had VS2003 before installed).

Solution 3

I have xsd.exe here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\xsd.exe So I think you have yours at the Windows Platform SDK corresponding path on your machine. Make sure you have installed PlatformSDK sometimes it can be in VisualStudio directory

Solution 4

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin

Or on a 64 bit machine:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin

Solution 5

Windows 10:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6 Tools

Or on a 64 bit machine:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6 Tools\x64

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Comments

[John Saunders]

Did you look where the other answers said to look, and then didn't find it?

[Johnny]

It's not just where to find it, it is also how and why it is where it is. We're building on many developer's machines and also a continuous build server. I want to be able to get veery machine building against a consitent version and location.

[Johnny]

we'll it is the answer I am most happy with ;-) !

[JYelton]

I have VS 2010 installed on Windows 7 64-bit and XSD.EXE is located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\x64\xsd.exe

[Scratz]

What is the version of xsd.exe on your system, after installing the package?

[Johnny]

on my 2008 system it is: Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility [Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.3038] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.