Older Games not working

Discus and support Older Games not working in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; When I uninstalled a browser(~1 GB) I restarted my computer and went about my day as normal. When I returned, however, my PC said I had ~80 GB free (I... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by Some Guyy, Dec 25, 2023.

When I uninstalled a browser(~1 GB) I restarted my computer and went about my day as normal. When I returned, however, my PC said I had ~80 GB free (I had 20 GB free before). I noticed this effect a bit later when 3 older games (around 2001-2004 ish) did not launch at all. I was wondering if this had some kind of fix. It seemed very strange so I would understand if no one else was encountering the issue too. It could just be a virus but I decided to check here first. Thanks.

A few more details:

I had no prior downloads of above 60 GB

There was this virus called Win32/Trojan/ Doplik but whenever I quarantined or removed it, it just disappeared on Windows Security.

I had used a command to scan system files and repair them but they still would not start even after that.

Games that were a bit newer work

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it.

What's funny is that when I installed one of the games after this space free-up, it worked, but when I deleted it and reinstalled it, it stopped launching.

:)