This location is not set up for installing games

Discus and support This location is not set up for installing games in XBoX on Windows to solve the problem; After dealing with crashes from the windows 11 dev channel for months I finally gave up and downgraded back to windows 10 in order to go back up to... Discussion in 'XBoX on Windows' started by Charlie The Bard, Feb 15, 2022.

  1. This location is not set up for installing games


    After dealing with crashes from the windows 11 dev channel for months I finally gave up and downgraded back to windows 10 in order to go back up to windows 11 beta channel. Now that I'm reinstalling all my apps I see that my Xbox app won't allow me to download to (or use the games already downloaded on) my external hard drive. The only thing it's telling me is that "this location is not set up for installing games" and advises me to make it the default location for where apps are installed which it said would format the drive. As much as I didn't want to do that, I relented and did. Only for it to proceed to fail and give me an error to even do that. If anybody has any help it would be greatly appreciated so I can stop tearing my hair out.

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    Charlie The Bard, Feb 15, 2022
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  2. Javen0116 Win User

    location not set up for installing games

    2. Perform an in-place upgrade for your system (don't worry your content and apps will remain)

    This one do the trick the first one i did it also but no luck.
  3. Javen0116 Win User

    location not set up for installing games

    everything is up to date already and both my ssd drivers are ntfs


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    the changed storage settings:


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  4. Javen0116 Win User

    location not set up for installing games

    Finally! its working and starting to download!

    Thank you so much for the helps given!


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  5. Javen0116 Win User

    location not set up for installing games

    fixed but now another error occur, when i press download the download immediately stopped and error

    error code 0x87e00196


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    When i try to unistall gaming service and reinstall it, this error pops up:


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    If really ends up to reinstall the whole os, is their anyway to rensintall it without formatting everything ?
  6. JosefLBohorquez Win User

    location not set up for installing games

    Thanks, i don't think that the VPN software is causing the problem. But if you want, please delete it temporarily

    And, do you have an antivirus or firewall? If yes, please disable all the protections before trying again.

    If maybe the issue persist, please double check if everything in your system is up to date

    Open Settings, click Update and Security and then Windows Update;

    Click Check for Updates;

    Click the Download and Install Now option, if available (Install optional updates as well)

    Also, check the Microsoft Store for any updates on the Xbox apps and its services and update everything too. (Click on "Get updates")

    Once everything is up to date, do this:

    Go to windows settings > apps > search for gaming services app > click on it and select advanced options.

    After that, click repair and then reset

    Then do the same for the Xbox app:

    Go to windows settings > apps > search for Xbox app > click on it and select advanced options.

    After that, click repair and then reset

    Finally do this:

    Step 1: Open the Run window by pressing Windows + R key.

    Step 2: Input WSReset.exe in the Run window and click OK.

    Step 3: Then a command prompt window will appear. After a few seconds, Windows Store will open.
    Restart the PC, open the Xbox app and check again

    If maybe that doesn't work reinstall Gaming Services using powershell command

    Press Windows key + X and then select Windows PowerShell (Admin).

    Type or copy / past the following command and press Enter:

    Get-AppxPackage *gamingservices* -allusers | remove-appxpackage -allusers

    Restart the PC and Open the Xbox application.

    A blue notification with the following message is going to appear at the bottom:
    "This app needs an extra component. Gaming Services is needed for playing some games. Administrator approval required. Install"

    Select Install to reinstall Gaming Services, once installed check again
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