installing games/apps to a secondary drive stop working after a few restarts. Will this...

Discus and support installing games/apps to a secondary drive stop working after a few restarts. Will this... in XBoX on Windows to solve the problem; so if you install games or apps to any drive other than C after a few restarts you will get this message when you try to launch a game "this app... Discussion in 'XBoX on Windows' started by DavidBarth, May 31, 2020.

  1. DavidBarth
    DavidBarth Guest

    installing games/apps to a secondary drive stop working after a few restarts. Will this...


    so if you install games or apps to any drive other than C after a few restarts you will get this message when you try to launch a game

    "this app cannot be opened because the storage drive may be offline or disconnected"

    I've submitted tickets but I never get a response. This is a known issue that has been gong on for 6+ months and I wonder if it will ever be fixed?

    :)
     
    DavidBarth, May 31, 2020
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  2. Chudamaru Win User

    Uninstalled game and it did not free up space.

    Unfortunately the Windows Game Pass app hides where it installs the games since you don't technically own them and they want to stop people from pirating.

    Are you installing to C or a secondary drive?
  3. GreenJeans1 Win User

    Xbox One Installation Stopped External Hard Drive

    None of the above solve the issue. Games currently Installed on the external drive work. Unless they need an update. They can not be updated. New games can not be installed to external drives in the xpack enclosure. Apps seem install with no issue. Games
    can not be migrated to or from the external drive as well. Apps migrate with no issue. The issue seems to be related to the xpack external enclosure. It seems to have stopped working after the Feb update. Prior to this games installed updated and transfered
    with no issues using the xpack enclosure.
  4. Echo4Ent Win User

    Can't move or install Forza Horizon 4 to my SSD

    There is an article here that talks about installing Windows Store Apps onto secondary drives. Try the steps here, and let us know if
    they work for you!
  5. amras87 Win User

    Cannot install games on D drive says it is not formated to NTFS.

    Unfortunately none of the proposed workarounds have helped after multiple repairs and restarts and fiddling with the settings. Infuriating.
    Did you try this? Set whatever drive you want as default in Xbox App, disable in xbox app settings option to allow program pick drive before each installation. And then download game you want in Microsoft Store, not Xbox app. Must click this 3 dots next
    to install button, and then choose "install on my device" or something like that and pick your PC. It worked for me and few other people.
  6. Vesves4 Win User

    Cannot install games on D drive says it is not formated to NTFS.

    Unfortunately none of the proposed workarounds have helped after multiple repairs and restarts and fiddling with the settings. Infuriating.
    Did you try this? Set whatever drive you want as default in Xbox App, disable in xbox app settings option to allow program pick drive before each installation. And then download game you want in Microsoft Store, not Xbox app. Must click this 3 dots next
    to install button, and then choose "install on my device" or something like that and pick your PC. It worked for me and few other people.

    It didn't, but what DID work for me was just installing the game on my C: drive then finding it in Windows storage settings and moving it over to the E: drive. No issues with it showing up as playable or running it in the Xbox App. This is probably the most
    foolproof method for this issue. It bypasses the bug in the app completely, as long as you have space for the initial install on another drive.
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