I have my Microsoft store games in another disk, if I re-install windows, I will need to...

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Unfortunately it will need to be installed. It is possible for it to find the files, but overall it doesn't work, even repairing the files.

I'm not resetting my entire PC for this. I shouldn't have to. My install was a clean install of Windows 10 updated to the anniversary update. I', a developer and have literally hundreds of programs installed, and also over 114 Windows Store apps (both 8.1
and 10 apps).

It would take me many days to re-install all of my many applications, and get my PC configured to be "just right" again.

Also another reason for not wanting to reset my PC is that Windows Store apps are crap at backing up data. My family and I have a number of Windows Store games, that when the PC is reset will lost the game save data, as the game save data is stored within
the apps install dir.

No way I'm resetting.... Come on Microsoft, get it fixed

as you have re installed windows it breaks the encryption on the game folder that gamepass and windows store uses, you have to re download the lot, unlike steam and all the other clients microsoft chose this way.

if you are trying to install the games to another drive there will be remnants on that drive of the old game installs including the encrypted folder. this all has to be removed as the new windows install will refuse to use those older folders.

you cant, it does not work like the other launchers even win 10 to win 10, the encrypted folder is tied to that one installation if you reset windows or format then you have to delete and redownload all the games.

There is no way of transferring games from one install of windows to another for gamepass or windows store installations. yes it sucks.

Hi, to make sure i understand you correctly and you understand my question correctly: i can use (with exceptions ofc) files from both OS, like i use

my win 10 files/pics/music/libraries (as i am doing) in Win 11, but My (bought/owned) Forza 4 (alongside other gamepass games) needs to be deleted (or duplicate install in both OS) and installed in win 11 because its game files are encrypted via my "Old" OS even tho the game is installed on a disk my Win 11 has full access and privilege to from the same MS account as the Win 10 that was used to install it on the disk? this is what i'm understanding, is this correct?

i ask this because the word "Transferring" confuses me, i don't want to move my games anywhere i want to start my already installed MS store games in windows 11

but if so okey then, do they plan on "fixing" that or making a safe workaround to it? i mean a lot of gamers that don't know to format disks are going to have impaired disks if the one existing windows Yes/no Delete option fails....

you can't, as part of the drm the games are stored in an encrypted folder which will only work on that install of windows, if you re install windows you need to redownload them, you cannot move them to another pc either.