Issues Launching games on Xbox app with PC play pass

FailedMuffin · Aug 2, 2021

Hello, I have just come back to play pass after not using it for a while. I spent last night installing a handful of games I wanted to play but now I cannot get any of them to launch. I installed all of the games on my F: drive since that is where I have the most storage but now anytime I try to launch one of the games I get this message

For some reason, the app checks the wrong drive for the game and then says it can't launch. After discovering this error with all of my installs and not finding any place to change where the Xbox app checks for games like you can with steam I just decided to check the files for the executable myself. After changing the permissions in order to root around in the game files I was still unable to actually launch the game. My C: drive is a very small SSD and it is unrealistic for me to install all of my games on this drive to try to accommodate this app. Is there no way to fix this so I can play my games from another drive?

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FailedMuffin

The game was installed on the F: drive from the beginning. I didn't move the game at all.

Eletricdrum

Hi, my name is Fernando and I am an independent consultant for Microsoft products.

Did you install the game and after moved the game to your "F:" drive?

Eletricdrum

Let's try to reset your Xbox App:

- Navigate to the Search box and type PowerShell > select PowerShell from the list and select Run as administrator

- And as the Powershell starts > enter the below-given command, > and hit Enter:

Get-AppxPackage -name "Microsoft.XboxApp" | Remove-AppxPackage

When the process is completed, visit the Microsoft Store and reinstall the Xbox app again.

If this procedure do not works for you try to reset the Xbox App Package:

- Navigate to the Search box and type PowerShell, select PowerShell from the list

- Enter below-given command, and hit Enter:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\Axml"}

Default Username 675

Happening to me too.

Can't launch any Game Pass game.

XBox app on PC is behaving poorly (no list of installed games, searching for games not working)

Store app claims I need to join Game Pass, but Microsoft Support says I still have 6 weeks of Game Pass Ultimate.

Previously, the game I want to play (Slay the Spire) would only launch from XBox(Beta) app.

But now the XBox app is broken, I can't search for the game. It appears to serve no other purpose at the moment then displaying the games that are available on game pass.

Issues Launching games on Xbox app with PC play pass