title: Where does SharePoint store elements.xml and schema.xml for custom content types and list?
body: <p>As described in the title I'm just trying to find out where <code>SharePoint 2010</code> stores the <code>elements.xml</code> and <code>schema.xml</code> files for custom <code>content types</code> and <code>list definitions</code> if anyone could help please.</p>
  
  <p>What I'd like to do is rather design my custom content type and list in the SharePoint GUI in the browser and then go and extract the SharePoint generated files in order to use in a solution built in Visual Studio instead of coding everything manually from scratch.</p>
  
  <p>Hope that makes sense! Thanks! </p>