How to transfer previously downloaded games to new device from Xbox app store, Computer-pc

Marcus_048 · Jan 3, 2024

if you get a new computer and have games on xbox app store on your old computer, such as MSFS, then can you redownload the old computers games from the xbox app store to your new computer? Like MSFS 40th anniversary edition.

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Smwutches

You don't have to do anything on the old device if you don't want to.

Smwutches

Yes. Just sign into the same account and they'll be listed in your library in the app and you can install them from there.

Marcus_048

Do I have to do anything to the games on the old device? Uninstall, etc. or can I just take out the micro SD card from the old computer, put it into the new computer, format the card then install the games to the new device?

Obsessive Power

Hi,

Sounds to me like they aren't signed in with the same account they used before. To download previously purchased games again on a new system or otherwise, they need to be signed in with the same account that purchased the game/s.

Xbox Companion App is for streaming games from an Xbox console to a PC. The Xbox App for PC is used for PC Game Pass, if you don't have Game Pass Ultimate or just Game Pass PC, you don't need to use this app as purchased games can be downloaded using the Windows Store App in Windows 10.

Farscape247

you cannot access game files for windows store or xbox app, they are under an encrypted folder.

you can sign in on the new computer and download again and if it has cloud saves that will follow.

if it does not have cloud saves you can possibly transfer the saves using gamesave-manager which is a third party free utility that finds all games saves on a pc and stores them for you to move to a new system.

How to transfer previously downloaded games to new device from Xbox app store, Computer-pc