One Installation for 2 Accounts on one PC possible?

SebastianHamm · Nov 15, 2021

Hello, is it possible to use an installation on a PC with two users?

Constellation:
Father (game buyer) and son each have their own account on the PC. The son is registered with Microsoft via the family account.

As a father, I have now installed the game on my son's account. I did this by first registering in the store and in the xbox app. After that, the game was downloaded. On a common hard drive of the two accounts on the PC.
Now I have logged out again and my son registered in the store and in the Xbox app.

Now we both have the game in our library. Is it now possible to play with one installation on both accounts on the PC?

Or do I, as a father, have to download it again now?

As a father, I can find the game in my list, but when I start it I always get the request that I should log into the app and store with my account, but then it doesn't go any further.

Do I have to download 100 GB again so that I have the game? Then 200 GB of memory are gone for one and the same game.

It must be possible to manage two game accounts with one installation.

Is there a solution?

So an installation for two Microsoft accounts on one PC?

Regrads
Sebastian

:)

SebastianHamm

It really can't be the case in 2021 that you have to buy two licenses within the family to play a game.

Especially since both are only on one PC and are logged in there as a user.

When that happens, it's just making money for me.

Farscape247

for your info, they can be shared between users on the same pc, and other pc's too, i do this all the time.

Francia J.

Just a friendly reminder though that when it comes to family settings you can only manage your child's settings from there, it does that mean that the games or subscriptions will be shared.

Farscape247

download the game with the account that owns it, sign out after, login to the pc with your sons account, open the store and sign out of the store, sign in with your credentials, select the game from your library and click install, will take a few seconds as the game is already installed.

once done sign out of the store and back in to the store with your sons credentials, restart pc and now you can both use the game.

I do this all the time for all my kids.

Farscape247

like i say you can share them on the same pc, or even on multiple pc's, some cant be played at the same time though due to licence confects but other than that yes you can share.

One Installation for 2 Accounts on one PC possible?