My Minecraft keeps taking me to the Microsoft Store

Hi Charlie!

Sorry to hear about the issue. Let's make sure that you get all the updates from your Microsoft Store.

Get updates from Microsoft Store - https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/g...

Please also try the solution below by reinstalling your Gaming Services app.

Reinstall the Gaming Services app on your Windows 10/11 device:
Select the Search icon on the taskbar, type powershell, right-click on Windows PowerShell, and then select Run as administrator.

In Windows PowerShell, type the following command and press Enter:

get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers

In the same window, type the following command and press Enter:

start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN

Install the app on that page and select Yes when you receive the User Account Control (UAC) prompt.
Restart your device.

I bought the game through the Microsoft store on my laptop, which keep in mind has been through a factory reset. But I was to believe it would stay linked to the same account, of which neither the password nor the email has changed. I have two versions purchased
of the game, one on my xbox, which is labled "Minecraft" and one that used to be on this laptop, purchased through the Microsoft store, labled "Minecraft Windows 10 Edition."

Also thanks for taking time to respond

Hi,

Minecraft Xbox One Edition does appear in my order history, which I bought in 2015, but the newer Minecraft (Bedrock Edition) which I would've installed in late 2017 doesn't appear.

On the website you linked, Minecraft appears with a 'buy now' button, which takes me to the Microsoft Store, where it says "Install, you own this", similarly to the Store on the console itself.

same happened to me just today i was openning minecraft to play some bedwars and it just keeps on sending me to gaming services on microsoft store i cant play at all

I talked to Microsoft support. They told me that the Java edition of Minecraft is sold in a different store, not a Microsoft store. In my opinion Microsoft does not have permission to sell that version (in fact you cannot find it in the Microsoft Store portal) or Mojang (despite being owned by Microsoft) cannot take money from a Microsoft account (in fact it asks you to enter a payment method during the 'purchase). I pointed out that they must report this very clearly because right now they screw people.