XMLFile: RESTORE.XML
<EmployeeDetails>
<EmployeeID>156824</EmployeeID>
<EmployeeName>ALEX</EmployeeName>
<EmployeeAge>29</EmployeeAge>
</EmployeeDetails>
C#using System.Xml.Linq; XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("RESTORE.XML"); xdoc.Descendants("EmployeeID").First().Value; xdoc.Descendants("EmployeeName").First().Value;If you make the XML file in visual studio, then click on it's properties, and chose "copy". Then it will copy the xml to the Debug/Release directory too