Game never finished downloading and windows says it is taking up space

Sneakyy_SageMode · Aug 29, 2021

I was downloading doom eternal, but it was having some trouble. Finally, it started downloading, but I had to pause it for a second. When I unpaused it, however, it would not start again, and when I checked my storage settings, It was taking up space, but it wasn't listed as something taking up space. I do not care if I have to delete all of the games I have installed to fix it, I would just like the space back. And no, the game is not listed on the right hand side of the xbox app.

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Sneakyy_SageMode

Do you have any other suggestions? I really dont want to clear my drive

Jesse E'

That's the only directory i know it can be in. You can check C:/Program Files/WindowsApps but that folder is heavily encrypted

Jesse E'

If you can't find it on the file path I suggested, then there's no way of telling where it might be, sadly.

Sneakyy_SageMode

There are two folders their, one being 2.3 megabytes, and one being 670 bytes. Neither are close to the 78.1 gigabytes needed for doom eternal. Thank you for the suggestion however.

Jesse E'

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.

Check:

windows > serviceprofiles > networkservice > appdata > local>microsoft > windows > deliveryoptimisation > cache > it should lead you to a folder, the size of which exactly matches the amount of storage you are missing.

Game never finished downloading and windows says it is taking up space