can't download specific games onto my external ssd from the xbox app or the microsoft store...

All of my Microsoft and Xbox games are downloaded on my external drive including the previous Horizon, which is Forza Horizon 4. I changed where new apps are stored when downloaded from the Microsoft store to my external drive but it still wont download Forza Horizon 5 to my external drive. On the Xbox app it wont show my external drive as an option to download to. I am able to download any game from the Microsoft store and Xbox app to my external drive except Forza Horizon 5.

Hi Ficohaker,

Thanks for your post. I understand you are experiencing issues with trying to install games on a separate hard drive. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the installation folder for games downloaded through the Xbox/Microsoft Store app. The only option
would be to install the beta application onto your SSD, and install games from there.

Thank you.

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 STEVELO539

If you've already set up and downloaded games to that external SSD in your laptop
You can only use the games downloaded from there

Because the games are attached to the "laptop ID" and the Xbox app only recognizes the games that matches with that "ID"

If maybe you want to use the external SSD with your PC and laptop you need to create a new NTFS partition and re-download the games that you want to play on PC there

Not really...

Xbox Series X games / upgrades / updates has to be installed onto the Series X internal or expansion card SSD,

You can have Xbox One games on your external hard drive that will get an Series X upgrade but the games will need to be transferred to the Series X and then the Series X upgrade will need to be downloaded onto the Series X SSD,

As an example...

I have Marvel Avengers on my external hard drive that will get the Series X upgrade and I will transfer the game over to the Series X SSD ready to download and update the game to the Series X version when available.

What I mean by asking if microsoft has a in app game purchasing app such as like Amazon app store where I'm able to download the games I'm playing onto the app and able to make my in app game purchases with Amazon app store. However, for me Amazon app store app barely works for me whenever I'm trying to purchase anything from any of the games I downloaded into the app. This why I'm asking if Microsoft has a app specifically for in app game purchases other than Xbox . I don't like Google play either and I've go a android A13 phone I use to play my games. Please help me and thank you