Create a console application:
- Open Visual Studio 2010 by going Start | All Programs | Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | Right click on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and click on Run as administrator. 
- Go to File tab, click on New and then click on Project. 
- In the New Project dialog box, expand the Visual C# node, and then select the Windows node. 
- In the Templates pane, select Console Application. 
-  Enter the Name as LINQ and then click OK. 
-  In the solution explorer, right click on the solution and then click on Properties. 
- Select the Application tab, check whether “.Net Framework 3.5” is selected for Target Framework. 
- Select the Build tab, check whether “Any CPU” is selected for Platform Target. 
Add the following References:
- System.Xml.Linq.dll
Add the following Namespace:
- Using System.Xml.Linq;
 
Program.cs:
|  using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Xml.Linq;     namespace Linq {     class Program     {         static void Main(string[] args)         {             XElement employees = XElement.Load(@"C:\ Projects\Linq\Linq\Employees.xml");                                           Console.WriteLine(employees);             Console.ReadLine();                   }     } }                  
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