PC game pass games not installing to the right drive.

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.

I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today Professor_W

As the usual troubleshooting steps are not working for you, I can recommend you perform an in-place upgrade for your system:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

If you're on Windows 11, don't worry. The steps are the same, you only need to download windows 11 ISO from here:

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/win...

Is this on game pass PC Beta? If so you have to download to the default drive that it creates.

Hi,

I'm sure you mean well but....

You don't have to install to the 'default' drive whatever that is.

If your Windows 10 is working correctly - and error codes usually mean it isn't - you can instal on any drive.

I have four drives for my PC, three internal and one external. I can use them all for PC game Pass games.

Unfortunately, there is no way to select the path where the files will be saved, as they are encrypted files that are saved in the same place, unlike steam and other launchers that have their subfolders with the names of games and executables.

The only thing you can do is select which external or internal hard drive the games will be installed on, to do this follow the instructions below.

Open Xbox Game Pass PC app.

Click on your profile icon on the top right of the corner.

Go to Settings.

Click on General from the left menu.

Under the drive selection tab, hit “Change where this app installs games by default“.

Choose the drive you want your games to be installed in.

Where does Xbox Game Pass install games?

The default install directory for the games is the WindowsApps folder. Alongside many other Windows 10 applications, the games you download from Game Pass are also stored in this file. You must have administrator permissions if you want to gain access to it though.

In fact, even you manage to open the folder you will not be able to run or locate the game files in it. They are encrypted by Windows during installation and they can only be run from the Game Pass app. So running the game from .exe is not possible when it comes to the desktop application.

This information can be found at the link below.

https://corexbox.com/xbox-game-pass-pc-how-to-c...

*Thank you in advance for contacting us, I hope this can help you.

Hello Sequency,

Thank you for your post. I understand you are attempting to change the installation folder of games obtained through Game Pass on the Xbox App. To do so, please open your Xbox App and click on your gamer pic at the top right; Open the settings and click
General, in the General tab there is an option for "Drive Selection" this is where you can change the installation drive from your SSD to any other drive installed on your PC.

I hope this helps!

Game Pass games use protected folders, and if format Windows, it no longer recognizes any game even if it is on another external hard drive or hard drive. If you install it on a Windows or PC you don't recognize any of the games.