How to assign game pass games location after Fresh Windows Install

RossKitching · Nov 15, 2019

As the title suggests, I'm trying to find out how to tell the Microsoft xbox games pass for windows beta app that all my games and (I think?) saves are installed on my e:/

I like to keep my (Os) c:/ clean, and reinstall windows often. Also, I do the occasional motherboard upgrade that requires a fresh install.

Every other app this basic requirement is quite simple - You just point the app to the folder on e:/ and most of your installed games appear. One, you just copy the old apps folder to the new.

I have a very, very slow connection in China and to download this all again would take close to a month. On top of that, web browsing grinds to a halt whilst xbox app is downloading and lots of games have to be downloaded 3 or 4 times.

How do I either:

a) backup everything to an external drive

Or

B) just point the xbox app to the folder on e:/?

Thanks

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RossKitching

Thanks guys yeah I've tried that. The installation path is selected, but no games appear in my downloaded tab.

My games are there but not playable.

Perhaps I need to be clear that I did a fresh install of Windows. After the fresh install, I reinstalled the xbox beta app. I then selected the folder from my e:/.

The folder that is on my e drive is not acessable so I can't change any files inside it. Do I need to change something?

Niko1664

Hi RossKitching, Click on your profile at the top right, then General, you will have the option in front of the eyes.

CaseBody2

Hi there RossKitching.

Here are some simple steps to change the drive selection.

1. Open the Xbox Beta App.

2. Click on your profile in the top right.

3. Click settings.

4. Go to General.

5. You should now see the option to change the drive destination.

Hope it helps!

Farscape247

did you upgrade or did you do a fresh install, if a fresh install then as the windows games are placed in an encrypted folder this breaks as it is tied to the one install of windows, you would need to re download the games if that is the case.

if upgraded then they should still work ok and are located under the xbox app in the library.

Obsessive Power

Does anyone have a solution for that? I don't want to format my hard drive and/or download all games again... thanks in advance!

HI,

I'm afraid downloading your games again is the only solution available. The Universal Windows Platforms (UWP) apps system - which also includes Xbox Game Pass for Windows - uses an form of encryption for security.

I'm not sure exactly how the encryption works in Windows 10 Apps, but my guess is it is unique based on how or when you last installed Windows. Which means of course that you can't just add the folder back after a fresh install of Windows like you can with
services such Steam or EA's origin. After a fresh re-install, Windows will see any old Windows Apps folders as foreign (from another PC).

How to assign game pass games location after Fresh Windows Install