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Displays of .xsd Files

Anonymous
2020-02-21T23:46:12+00:00

By default in Windows 10, if you double-click an XML file in File Explorer, it is displayed in a pretty print format (color-coded and indented) in Internet Explorer.  However, although an XSD has essentially the same format as an XML file, double-clicking it produces the following popup.

I tried using the Windows Command Prompt's assoc command to allow it to be opened as an XML file by specifying:

assoc .xsd=xmlfile

but is still displayed the popup shown above.  Is there an application I can use to open an XSD file so that it is pretty printed like XML?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-02-23T00:45:51+00:00

    Did you click Open to open the file. Try using File Viewer. It's a free application for files such as the .xsd extension.

    http://www.freefileviewer.com/

    Is this a zip file? You can use 7Zip another free utility to unzip the file.

    https://www.7-zip.org/

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-22T02:35:43+00:00

    No good.  The popup shown above is what I get with Internet Explorer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-02-23T01:26:35+00:00

    Thanks for the feedback. Glad you have an app to work with.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-23T01:13:42+00:00

    I was able to link it to Notepad++, but it just doesn't have the look and feel of the IE XML file format.  However, I can live with it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-22T01:04:08+00:00

    Hi, MesPia,

    Try right clicking on the file > Select Open With

    Select IE to open the File

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