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

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.

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