Minecraft game cannot be accessed

I just accessed it with the old launcher and it was able to recognize that I own Minecraft Java Edition. However, I cannot access Minecraft for Windows with that launcher and thus I cannot play Windows Edition.

if you cannot access your microsoft account and have 2fa active then they are right all is lost, and as the microsoft account is the account that minecraft migrated too you have now lost minecraft if you cannot access the microsoft account.

Hi Kim! I followed your latest instructions and we managed to access the Minecraft game earlier today. However a few hours after the same problem occurred. It seems to be an intermittent problem. I repeatedly followed all the instructions you gave but this time to no avail. Why is it like this? Pls help.

Many thanks in advance.

Hi Kim. Thank you for answering my query. i tried both ways you suggested but it still didnt work.

a little background:

We have 2 PCs at home. I bought same game pass for PC number 1 and it went on smoothly. Email used was on an outlook account.

I proceeded to buy the same game pass for PC number 2 and this is what is happening. Email used was on a gmail account.

Could this be the source of the problem?

Many thanks, in advance.

Hi, Janice! I'm Kim, an Independent Advisor and I’m happy to help you today.

Kindly open the Microsoft Store, then click on the profile picture in the top right corner. A pop-up box will appear allowing you to sign out then once signed out, kindly sign in again using the account that has the game pass and should change the store account.

If that did not work, open File Explorer using the Windows key + E shortcut.

In the address bar paste the following line:

%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\TokenBroker

If there are Accounts and Cache folders available make sure that you delete them. After removing the cache, try to start the game again.