Help me sign in to Minecraft with my Microsoft account.

It helped. After installing the win7/8.1 minecraft launcher it allowed me

to sign into my microsoft account.

Hey xdog124568, thanks for posting your question! I can understand how this can be a bit confusing because the accounts are connected.

Are you playing on Xbox or PC?

To sign in to Minecraft with your Microsoft account, open the game and look for the “Sign in with a Microsoft account” button on the main screen. Follow the prompts, and it should give you a code and a link to enter on another device at microsoft.com/link. Once you enter the code and sign in with your account, it should link everything up.

Let me know if you’re seeing a specific error or step that’s not working.

I think you misunderstood, my Microsoft account still owns my Minecraft account, however, my Xbox account is also linked to my Microsoft account. Whenever I try to login and access my Minecraft account, it automatically signs me into my Xbox, which does not have the Minecraft account. It's still linked to the email, but my Xbox account is stopping me from getting into the account.

The Microsoft account and Xbox account are one and the same...signing into an Xbox account would be the same as signing into a Microsoft account.....if I go into my Microsoft account history on my PC, it shows my Xbox purchases.

That sounds like you have a second Xbox and/or Microsoft account which is linked to the Minecraft account

It helped. After installing the win7/8.1 minecraft launcher it allowed me

to sign into my microsoft account.

Wait for real ? It did ?

When I sign in to Microsoft to edit my mojang account, it gives me no options for minecraft java. I sign into my microsoft account in the mojang launcher and I'm met with "invalid account" responses.