Error code 0x80070005 When Changing "new apps will save to:"

Nerzana · May 9, 2021

Hi. I recently reinstalled windows 10 using the repair feature. I did a clean slate. Once I got my drivers reinstalled the computer recognized 90% of the stuff I had installed previously. The exception is Xbox gamepass. When I try to install a game via the xbox app it asks me to change where content is saved in order to install on a different drive. My computer has never asked me this before the update and I had previously installed across multiple drives. Anyway below you will see what happened when I hit apply. When I say yes I get the error code mentioned in the subject of this post. I tried deleting the windows app folder on my E: but don't have permissions for it.

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BlueLava.

I tried restarting, but I still had the issue.

I can't uninstall the game because it doesn't recognize that it is installed in the first place.

I get error code 0x80070005 when I try and change the install location of new apps, but there are only steps for the Xbox for this code.

I have administrator privileges.

I have 350 GB of space available on the drive.

I tried reinstalling Gaming Services but still get the error when trying to change the location where new apps are saved.

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WelbyHU

Error code i get is 0x80070005.

Cannot find WpSystem in my folders.

Tried to change 'where new content is saved' but C drive is the only place i could change it to.

GuitarStrap

Hey Christopher,

Thanks for the quick reply, I tired all of the steps you mentioned, and they all seemed to work as intended, but did not fix the underlying problem. I'm thinking it might be some xbox game apps that didn't and can't seem to be deleted from my HDD before the windows forced reinstall. I'm still getting the 0x80070005 error code when I try to use the change where new content is saved function in the windows settings. all of the other sections can be changed from C: to D: except for the apps. When I try to switch to D: it asks if I want to "Delete other apps?", "This drive has apps from another device. To use this drive, the other apps must fist be deleted. Do you want to continue?" I click Yes, it runs for maybe 20 seconds and says We couldn't set you default save location" with error code "0x80070005". This is the same code that the xbox app gives me so I think the problem lies outside of the app itself.

AyeeJamesy

Error 0x80070005 occurs when you launch a game or app on Xbox One

You see the following error code when you try to launch a game or app on your Xbox One console:

0x80070005

This means that there might be a problem with the Xbox Live service, or that there’s an issue with the item you’re trying to launch.

Error code 0x80070005 When Changing "new apps will save to:"