Can't start / delete games after moving them around via "Apps & Features"

Discus and support Can't start / delete games after moving them around via "Apps & Features" in XBoX on Windows to solve the problem; Hello, I am sure I a got a pretty unusual problem for you. Because I ran out of space I bought a new SSD. I also bought an external controller for... Discussion in 'XBoX on Windows' started by Nuel.Gapp, Jun 22, 2020.

  1. Nuel.Gapp
    Nuel.Gapp Guest

    Can't start / delete games after moving them around via "Apps & Features"


    Hello,

    I am sure I a got a pretty unusual problem for you.

    Because I ran out of space I bought a new SSD. I also bought an external controller for it, so I can connect the SSD temporarily to the PC via USB (assigning it the drive letter X).

    To move games installed with the Xbox Beta App to the new SSD I used the "MOVE"-button in "Settings"->"Apps & Featues".

    I moved them from the smaller internal SSD (only data, no OS) to the larger (then) external SSD.

    I then shut down my PC, removed the internal SSD, plugged in the bigger SSD, turned my PC back on.

    The drive still has the assigned letter (XCan't start / delete games after moving them around via "Apps & Features" :) but I can neither start the games within the Xbox Beta App, nor can I move them around using the MOVE-button in "Apps & Settings". I can't uninstall them under "Apps & Settings", because they are greyed out and
    only show 36 KB.

    So I am pretty puzzled.

    Any way around this?

    :)
     
    Nuel.Gapp, Jun 22, 2020
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  2. mr olr Win User

    Can't start / delete games after moving them around via "Apps & Features"

    I think you need to format eternal drives for games in a proprietary way. You do on the xbox anyway. My Guess is there is likely some hidden files on the original SSD that you didn't move to the external SSD?
  3. NENGaming Win User

    Moving Windows Games to New Hard Drive SSD?

    Although you can't move the store or xbox app you can move the games. Click on start and then settings. Click on System and then apps & features. Find the games that you want to move and left click them. You'll have two options, move or uninstall. Click
    on move and select a new destination, i.e your new SSD. You can do this for all your games, not just those that have been installed via the store or xbox app.
  4. IceStorm III Win User

    Preview beta testers thanks.

    I don't recall any huge issues with the beta, personally. The biggest problem I had was that installed games would stay at "ready to install" after moving them around. Deleted them and re-downloaded and haven't had the problem since.

    Most app-level issues in the beta (no audio from TV, games not starting) can be resolved by quitting the specific app and restarting it. Hard reboots are few and far between for me.
  5. Farscape247 Win User

    DIRT 5 not letting me play.

    most if not all windows/xbox app games install to windowsapp folder, this is encrypted, if you took ownership or messed with the files then you have broken the encryption and will need to delete the folders and redownload the game. you can't just move windows games into different folders, you can move them to another drive via the apps and programs menu but they have to reside in the windows app folder that is created by the system.
  6. HAPTICS Win User

    Just played with a 16th prestiger!

    Report them via Treyarch's report feature and move on. Save that game in your file share if you are especially concerned about it, then report them via message to MaTtKs. He won't mind. :D
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