redownloading minecraft on new laptop

Hi there! This is Virginia O.

I understand that you are experiencing with Minecraft wherein you are asked to purchase it again even if you already owned it.

I apologize for the inconvenienced this has caused you. I will do my best to help you.

To give you a heads up, all the successful purchases such as games, DLC's, add-ons, and subscriptions on your account is saved to your order history right away.

Kindly verify your game purchase to your account by checking your Order history here: account.microsoft.com > Order history.

Once you see the game there you should have the option to install the game.

It is the games license that'll enable you to install and then play the game.

If you do not see it there, it means that the game was bought on a different account.

I recommend you to check on all of your accounts because one of them might have the Minecraft game.

Thank you for your cooperation.

search the store for minecraft as there are multiple versions, one of them should say install.

Thank you Kyle,

We have installed Bedrock edition on the new laptop and copied the worlds into the right location.

These are now listed on the new laptop when Mincraft is running.

However, the gamertag is still different, despite the email address used on both being the same,

I've triple checked it, character by character.

Is there a way to erase the Xbox profile on the new one and try again?

Hi Anthony. My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor.

The locations you have listed are for different versions of Minecraft. The first location is for Minecraft Bedrock, the second location is for Minecraft Java.

Save data is not compatible between these versions, you need to install Minecraft Bedrock on the new laptop and copy the data to the same location as before.

If the Gamertag is different, you have probably signed into the incorrect Microsoft account. Double-check the old laptop's Xbox profile and account to ensure the correct Microsoft account is being used.

Thanks,s,
Kyle

Try downloading through your download history. (under account, download history, and then click on minecraft). Hopes this works