Transfer a game from one pc to another. (Already owned)

Hi AlexWhyman! My name is Ricardo an independent advisor ready to help you with this situation!

Games on the Xbox game pass can't be transferred, you will need to reinstall the game on the second PC

No, it's not possible to transfer the game from one PC to another. Your only option is to download the game.

What you are talking about (License Transferring) and transferring a game to someone else's gamertag are two different things. When someone buys something off of the market place 2 licenses are issued

1. The Gamertag

2. The console the game was purchased.

Those are the only licenses that are issued. You can not transfer a license from one gamertag to another. What license transferring is, is when you transfer the license from one console to another, not from one gamertag to another.

It is very unfortunate what happened to your friend but the bottom line is your gamertag and the the console it was purchased on owns the license and there is no way to transfer that license to your friend. Unfortunately keanakalia was correct when she said
that he would have to buy the game under his gamertag, If he wants to own the game himself.

You can transfer the licenses for any downloadable content for your own account. That doesn't transfer the game itself form one account to another though. The license transfer tool is set up for when you purchase a new console and need to switch your gamer
profile from one console to another.

Hello!

Unfortunately if the games were purchased on his account then he owns them. Digital licenses cannot be transferred from one account to another.