where to find xsd.exe in visual studio 2013 on windows 8

Solution 1:

Once you have the SDK installed * (either Manually, or with Visual Studio), you'll find it in the following directories:

SDK 8 and later

There is an an additional FX version subdirectory:

%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\{ver}\bin\{FXVer} Tools

Where

• {ver} is the SDK version (e.g. v8.1A)
• and {FXVer} is the applicable .Net Framework version, e.g. NETFX 4.0v

e.g.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools 

SDK 7 and lower

%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\{ver}\Bin\

Where {ver} is the SDK version (e.g. v7.0A)

On a 32 bit O/S, replace %programfiles(x86)% with %programfiles%

* Wikipedia maintains a fairly recent set of download links to the various SDK versions - scroll to the bottom of the table for recent ones.

Solution 2:

This is part of the Windows SDK. I know that you can download the Windows 7 SDK for .NET 4.0 and the files will be installed and will be fully functional on Windows 8. (It is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\?version?\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools where version will be OS version like v8 or similar)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279

You may also find the xsd application as part of the full SDK.

For Windows 8: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx
For Windows 8.1: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/bg162891.aspx

Also if you are so inclined to use other works, at Codeplex there is a nice alternative to xsd.exe: http://xsd2code.codeplex.com/

Solution 3:

If you have Visual Studio installed, then you may locate Developer Command Prompt (it is a shortcut in Start menu, or it should be available from VS IDE). A cmd window opens and you are able to run xsd.exe from it.

Solution 4:

Add the following to your environment variable PATH:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.7.2 Tools

• Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\
• Click latest version (e.g. v10.0A)
• Click Bin
• Select latest .NET Version e.g. NETFX 4.7.2 Tools
• There is xsd.exe

Run via command line using xsd /c filename.xsd