After Windows 10 reinstall, XBox app reinstalls all games to external drive even though all...

Discus and support After Windows 10 reinstall, XBox app reinstalls all games to external drive even though all... in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; Hi I installed all my PC Game Pass games to an external USB 3.0 drive. I was able to run PC games from this drive via the XBox app (installed on the... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by yintang, Jan 2, 2022.

  1. yintang
    yintang Guest

    After Windows 10 reinstall, XBox app reinstalls all games to external drive even though all...


    Hi

    I installed all my PC Game Pass games to an external USB 3.0 drive. I was able to run PC games from this drive via the XBox app (installed on the default location on internal C: drive) for several weeks. Unfortunately, my PC recently experienced a major problem and I needed to reinstall Windows 10.

    The re-install of Windows 10 went fine, I ensured Windows was fully up-to-date and all drivers, etc were updated. I reinstalled the Game apps (Steam and XBox) .

    With Steam, I simply added the same path as before to my Steam games on the external drive and Steam immediately found my games - no further installations were required and the games were all playable.

    I have configured the XBox install location exactly as before - the external drive is mapped to the W: drive, exactly as before. With the XBox app, I cannot find a way to stop the XBox app from reinstalling everything, as if I had never installed the games. It is installing to the W: drive as before, even though the game files are already there.

    As some XBox games are over 100 GB, this is a significantly annoying issue.

    If Steam can cope so easily with a Windows reinstall, why can't PC Game Pass ?

    What do I need to do to ensure the XBox App can find the installed games ?

    Thanks for your help,



    :)
     
    yintang, Jan 2, 2022
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  2. Jesse E' Win User

    After Windows 10 reinstall, XBox app reinstalls all games to external drive even though all games already installed on external drive.

    Hello, My name is Jesse. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

    Yes, this is quite an inconvenience sadly, but there isn't a way to make the Xbox App recognise the already installed game on the external drive. This is because of the file encryption on Xbox games on PC. I'm sorry about this.
  3. Farscape247 Win User

    After Windows 10 reinstall, XBox app reinstalls all games to external drive even though all games already installed on external drive.

    Microsoft went the route of encrypted folders for the games, this is encrypted to that one install of the OS, if you re-install the OS then this breaks the encryption and all games must be downloaded again. steam allows you to access the games folders, Microsoft does not, this is Microsoft version of DRM.
  4. Mixi the Rogue Win User

    Microsoft Ultimate Word Games Wordament Level Titles

    I have done all this, and even wiped my C drive (formatted), reinstalled windows 10, ran all updates, reinstalled Ultimate Word Games from the MS Store, and it still shows my level title in Wordament as "Wordament Grandmaster" even though I am level 242.

    Please look at by profile on the MS side for my gamertag, the issue HAS to be on your side at this point, since I did a completely clean reinstall of the OS, and the game, and it's still there.

    G
  5. VecaisVaskis Win User

    Xbox Game Pass PC error 0x8007001f when installing games

    Hi, sorry for that issue, the problem is the external hard drive, for some reason (I don't know why), the games that require Administrator approval have issue on external drive.
    Thanks for the answer. External hard drive it is not the problem in my case. While trying to find a solution to this Xbox Game pass for PC / Windows Store error I did reinstall Windows 10 on my iMac's internal hard drive. The problem with error 0x8007001f
    persists even when Windows 10 is installed on the internal hard drive.
  6. MarchedAutumn2 Win User

    ERROR CODE 0x87DD0005 upon xbox live sign-in

    Hi!

    It's a problem with app data. Probably some files are corrupt and does not make the Xbox app work properly. Try

    uninstalling
    and
    reinstalling
    it. Tell us if you solve.
    Your solution doesn't even tell anyone how to even to reinstall the app via PS.
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