There is no option to download a game onto my D drive from the Xbox App

crih · Jun 29, 2022

Hi,

I am having difficulty downloading Forza Horizon 5 onto my D drive. It shows that my default is my C drive with a folder location given, but when I try switching it to my D drive, there is no folder location given. When I hit install, it defaults back to my C drive, which has insufficient space to download the game due to it having small storage. I have reset, repaired and reinstalled the Xbox app and that did not work. I did some other steps along the lines of changing ownership permissions under security options on the windows folder on my C drive as mentioned on other forums but that did not do anything either. Is there any way in which I will be able to download games onto my D drive?

Thanks and regards,

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Georges C.

Hello, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is welcome to the community.

Hello Crih, In addition to the procedures you've tried, make sure you have the latest updates for your operating system.

Meanwhile try to follow the thread's below.

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

[Farscape]

large downloads give the option to choose which drive, smaller ones don't, i just set my D: drive as main area to download apps and games then move the ones i dont want on the D: drive to C:

MistarAbde

I am trying to install games and apps onto my D drive instead of C drive through the Xbox app and Windows store on Game pass.

I have set the default drive to install apps to through Windows settings

I have set the default drive through the Xbox app settings

I get a notification when going to install the game, asking which drive to install to, and instruct it to install to the D drive

Every time though, it ignores this and installs to me C drive.

If I try to move the app through settings, the "Moving" notification and progress bar appears for a split second before disappearing, with no error information, but not having moved the file.

There are some apps that are installed on my D drive, and the pattern seems to be apps that require Admin approval are the ones not install onto my D drive.

Could someone try and resolve the issue, as it's incredibly frustrating for a service that is no longer in beta.

XER0_Gamez

All of my Microsoft and Xbox games are downloaded on my external drive including the previous Horizon, which is Forza Horizon 4. I changed where new apps are stored when downloaded from the Microsoft store to my external drive but it still wont download Forza Horizon 5 to my external drive. On the Xbox app it wont show my external drive as an option to download to. I am able to download any game from the Microsoft store and Xbox app to my external drive except Forza Horizon 5.

kalel87

So after uninstallig Gaming service and Xbox, reinstalling it nothing changed. I went ahead and tried installing the game on my C drive and it would download. so I started searching for "Xbox won't install on D Drive" and found

Xbox (Beta) app don't download on D drive

[table][tr][td]Bos Nuka Knight:Hello, sorry to hear your having problems. Try the following for a fix and let me know if you have any luck.

When starting the game installation from the Xbox (Beta) app you have the option of changing where content will be stored by selecting the hard drive you want to install to. If you see the message “Selected drive is not set up to install games,” your drive is not provisioned and installation access is denied. To fix this:
- Either select the link under the message to go to Settings, or press the Windows key and selecting Settings > System > Storage. Select Change where new content is saved.
- Using the menu under Where apps will be saved to, choose the drive you want.

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after changing this setting Xbox no longer gives me the option to install on C drive witch is fine but will now install on my D Drive.

There is no option to download a game onto my D drive from the Xbox App