i got halo infinite on the xbox app on pc and it showed up on my steam app and i was able...

Just tested, my child was able to launch (from steam), login, and play two matches of Halo Infinite without any hinderances.

I then downloaded the XBgaming app, and ensured that her content settings were allowed to go up to 18+ (Halo MCC is rated M), and still no luck. same message about 3rd party apps being blocked. I noticed on the app it stated exceptions for apps to be allowed (we have Spoitfy, XBox Beta, Minecraft for example). Is there a way to allow Halo MCC to be an exception then?

steam took over and loaded the game it all looked really good , the game loaded got all the way up to the main screen , when I checked for my options as a keyboard player it said BUY THE GAME ! wth so depressing . I paid twice for halo master cheif and i'm not going to do that for halo infinite. dont know how that happened I have halflife installed thru steam so somehow steam loaded halo but its the free version.

so I will try your steps again. I did use xbox pc app , but it ended with the same error

Hi,

Greetings!

Thank you for posting in Xbox forum.

I totally understand you need assistance in regards with Halo Infinite Campaign on Game Pass. We need to investigate this to find the best possible solution to this issue. Let's work on this together.

To better understand the situation, we would like to ask these questions, such as:

• Where did you purchase the Halo Infinite Campaign? ex. Xbox app for PC, Microsoft Store, Steam
  

Campaign is the single-player story mode that follows the adventures of The Master Chief on Zeta Halo. In this menu you can Start or Continue or Load saved versions of your game.

Halo Infinite is an Xbox Play Anywhere game, this means that if you purchase it on an Xbox console, the Xbox app for PC, or the Microsoft Store app for PC your purchase will carry over to all these storefronts. If you purchase the game through Steam your Campaign purchase will only be available through Steam.

Sincerely,

Leonardo_Y

your lucky, i dont use the xbox app as it is atrocious and have removed all xbox related programs from my gaming machine, i use halo infinite on steam and i find it more stable.

running from steam is still running it from windows, it should run exactly the same as the xbox app version, just with less fluff in the background on the steam version.

Having the same issue. I want to knowledge dump everything I've tried so far that hasn't worked for me, but hopefully might work for some of you.

I see the game running in Task Manager under Background processes, but nothing loads. 3 processes show:

• Console Window Host
  
• DumpTool.exe (read that 'End task' on this file will load game after a few mins; hasn't worked for me).
  
• HaloInfinite.exe
  

HaloInfinite.exe is downloading to the hidden WindowsApps folder in File Explorer: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.254428597CFE2_1.3249.19634.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

I've uninstalled/reinstalled/terminated/repaired/reset/uncheck hi-res features the Xbox App/MS Store/Gaming Services/Halo Infinite using a combination of settings/advanced options/wsrest.exe/powershell/cmd prompt still nothing...also restarted the pc a hundred times for those wondering

A couple of resources (including this thread):

• https://www.youtube.com/c/AaronTechSol/videos (They have several videos tackling a variety of issues related to this...great resource).
  
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• Can't Launch Campaign (PC) - Games / Halo Infinite - Halo Waypoint