Why is Xbox app asking me to purchase Sea of Thieves again after resetting my PC?

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  1. Liam Ahmed
    Liam Ahmed Guest

    Why is Xbox app asking me to purchase Sea of Thieves again after resetting my PC?


    Last night I had to wipe my PC to fix something else. I went through reinstalling all of my games and when I got to the Xbox app it said that I hadn't purchased Sea of Thieves yet. I somehow had a file of the game stored on my computer and when I open it up Xbox says that I can't play a refunded game and I must purchase it again. I don't know what to do, I go on my Xbox profile and it says that I was playing just 3 hours ago. Any help?

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    Liam Ahmed, Jan 27, 2025
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  2. Rodrigo Oliver Win User

    Why is Xbox app asking me to purchase Sea of Thieves again after resetting my PC?

    Hi Liam, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

    I am sorry to hear that.

    Please, reset the store and try installing the game again.

    To Reset the Store, Press the Windows Key + R > Type WSReset.exe and press Enter.

    Close the store and reopen it.

    Then, on the Microsoft Store, type your game name: "Sea of Thieves".

    Load the game page and click on "Install".

    In case it still does not work, the best course of action is to contact Support.

    Please, look for the purchase in your Transaction History.

    Sign in here: https://account.microsoft.com/billing/orders?period=AllTime&type=All

    Then, copy the order number and contact Xbox Support.

    Please enter this link: https://support.microsoft.com/home/contact

    Then, follow these steps:

    Type in your query: "Agent"

    Click on Get Help.

    Scroll down the page and click on Contact Support.

    Select your "Other Products" and "Billing and Account Profile Questions" > Confirm.

    Select "Chat with a support agent in your web browser" > Confirm > Start Chat.

    I hope this helps.
  3. Draxind89 Win User

    Xbox app loads up, tried to load my friends list then closes

    Yeah. I'm at the point where I'm probably going to ask Rare if they can do something. Heck, there's a chance this is "Sea of Thieves" related any ways so why not.
    do me a favour and try the xbox app again? i downloaded the closed beta for sea of thieves for that stress test weekend and it actually showed my friends list. now my xbox app is not crashing (hope i dont jynx it)
  4. JosefLBohorquez Win User

    Sea Of Thieves not launching.

    Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
    I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

    Hope you're doing great today despite this PEANUTSNEEDSHELP

    Probably that's the Steam version of sea of thieves, this is why you're not able to see the compatibility option.

    What are your hardware specs?
    Can you try reinstalling the game to see if maybe the current installation has some kind of corruption

    But before that try repairing and resetting the game

    Go to windows settings > apps > search for gaming services app > click on it and select advanced options.

    After that, click repair and then reset

    Then do the same for the Sea of thieves app:

    Go to windows settings > apps > search for sea of thieves app > click on it and select advanced options.

    After that, click repair and then reset and try again
  5. Mister Cazador Win User

    Problemas no Sea Of Thieves - Dispositivo [Translation: Problems no Sea Of Thieves-Device]

    Hi there, L337 Intruder, thanks for reaching out.

    You're trying to play Sea of Thieves on Windows 10 PC, correct?

    If so, on your Windows 10 PC, if you go to Settings>Apps>Xbox app>Advanced Options>Reset.

    Next, making sure you're signed out of the Xbox app and try signing back in to launch Sea of Thieves via Xbox Game Pass.

    Did that help?
  6. JosefLBohorquez Win User

    Sea of thieves on Xbox Game Apps - Joining a Steam lobby failed

    Just to double check, is your Steam account connected to your Microsoft account?

    Open game bar (Windows key + G) > Settings > Accounts > if yes, please unlink it temporarily. After that do the previous, but only the reset and repair thing with these apps:

    Game Bar, Xbox App, Sea of thieves app.

    Restart your PC, open game bar again and link your steam account. And finally try again .

    By the way, the play option (the ones that redirect you to Steam) is the one inside the Xbox PC app?
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