Microsoft Store Not Downloading Any Apps

Close the Xbox app and Microsoft Store.

Type ''wsreset'' in the Windows bar, right-click and run as administrator, wait for the screen to close and open the store automatically, download any app from the store (you can delete the app later), after downloading the app try to play again.

Just login to Microsoft Store app and download any gamepass games and try if you can play it.

Hi Galaxy Rhyme,

Thanks for the update. What is telling you to download games through the Xbox app and not the Microsoft Store? Any game on Game Pass can be downloaded through the Microsoft Store since it recognizes your subscription.

I disabled game bar from the settings because I heard that he is bad. does it make any difference if I enable it?
also yeah I can download it from microsoft store it's just that microsoft store is worse in terms of download than xbox app that is why I'm using xbox app instead of microsoft store I will try to download the game from microsoft store and see if the problem happens there also I can open the game from desktop if the problem doesn't happen to me but when it happen I can't open the game from : desktop , xbox app , microsoft store
and I don't have any antivirus or firewall I only use windows defender

All of my Microsoft and Xbox games are downloaded on my external drive including the previous Horizon, which is Forza Horizon 4. I changed where new apps are stored when downloaded from the Microsoft store to my external drive but it still wont download Forza Horizon 5 to my external drive. On the Xbox app it wont show my external drive as an option to download to. I am able to download any game from the Microsoft store and Xbox app to my external drive except Forza Horizon 5.