Games installed from Game Pass won't launch at all

ShikiGami · Nov 8, 2021

I just bought yesterday Game Pass, and in my main computer I'm not able to launch any game.

There is no error, no warning, nothing.

I've already Uninstalled and Reinstalled, Repaired and Reset the Microsoft Store, Game Services, Xbox app, Xbox Companion, Xbox Identity and all the Xbox related stuff.

I've synced my clock multiple times, change locale settings, deleted the GamingServices Registry Keys before reinstalling, re registered all Windows apps, launched wsreset multiple times, re installed the games multiples times in different drives, give myself ownership of WindowsApps and tried to get it running from there, and so many many many things more, and absolutely nothing works.

As I've told before, there is no error, I've already looked at the Event Viewer, and there is absolutely no sign of anything going wrong.

All the Xbox services, and the Gaming Services are working, the Gaming Services, if not started, do start when trying to launch a game, and each time I try to launch a game it does create a Xvd drive as I've confirmed with the Device Manager, so Gaming Services is working up to the point of actually launching the game.

I've been able to launch games in other PC, but not in my main PC, which means it is a system problem, but I have absolutely no idea what it is.

I've tried to restore the system image, do a system scan, drive scan, basically everything in the book to be able to do something, but there is nothing.

This is 100% some problem of the DRM of Microsoft. I can play games from Steam, Epic, GOG and everything else, just not from the Microsoft Store. But it doesn't provide ANY log or information to tell you what is the problem.

And don't tell me to do a clean install of my OS, that a non answer.

I even contacted Xbox support, and after doing more stuff I already did, they had no idea what to do, and told me they would "contact me via email". I'm not holding my breath to be honest.

I just find incredible how awful and problematic this service is.

:)

XBF - Dom

Hello ShikiGami,

Thank you for reaching out to us about your concern and your issue!

After investigating, here is a solution that may resolve your problem:

Right-click on the Windows icon.
Select Command Prompt (Admin).
In the User Account Control pop-up window, confirm your choice.
In the new window, enter the following commands, pressing Enter after each:

ipconfig / flushdns

ipconfig / registerdns

ipconfig / release

ipconfig / renew

netsh winsock reset

Once you've finished you can restart your machine and try installing a game after.

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Natlivings

It's just like that, I'm having the same issue, I've formatted the drive, and a fresh windows 11 installation, any game from game pass won't launch.

Vorter

Any update? It appears the only workaround is creating a new local account and playing from that, which worked for me, but I'd have to redownload each game.

Games installed from Game Pass won't launch at all in Windows 11 : XboxGamePass (reddit.com)

TwISTeD Rivera

Alright so I am now on version 20H2 and have downloaded all optional updates.

Just tried launching a game. No luck lol.

Also installed a new game from game pass and can’t launch either due to error.

Splendid.

LegoNinja187

It won't uninstall the games when you cancel your game pass, but you won't be able to play any of the games you have installed from the game pass subscription, unless you buy them, or get game pass again.

Games installed from Game Pass won't launch at all