Trying to play a game from GamePass from the Xbox App instead directs me to the Game...

UPDATE:

I DID IT. I'm not even sure what I did but it works again!!!

Here's the steps I took:

- Uninstalled Xbox App

- Reset and repaired Gaming Services and Microsoft Store just to be safe

- Made sure there was nothing Xbox related running in the background through task manager

- Proceeded with your solution 1 as normal

After the reboot, I went to download the Xbox app again to test it, and it seemed to get stuck downloading. I followed the first process from this guide to reset the Xbox app package. Then, finally, the app was there, and it works! It briefly gave me an error (0x87DD0005) when trying to sign me in, but after opening and closing a game, it seems to have resolved itself and signed me in.

Thank you very much for the help!

I've experienced several issues trying to launch games after one of the many components is updated on my PC.

The method below usually resolves the problems.

1) Get latest Windows Updates

Start Menu / Settings / Updates and Security / Check for Updates

2) Get latest Microsoft Store Updates

Start Menu / Microsoft Store / Library / Get Updates / Update All

3) Reset Microsoft Store App

Start Menu / Settings / Apps / Microsoft Store / Advanced options / Reset

4) Restart Computer

Greetings JacobGannon,

Sorry to hear about this issue with gaming services, I will be looking into helping with what I can. I noticed the steps you provided above and want to make sure we have everything covered. I am looking at some things on my end but I want to verify a couple things first. I saw the guide and items you posted above; I want to make sure that you tried the following. If you have already, let me know, but these have led multiple people to a solution with this exact same problem before so figured we can start here.

Solution 1:

Open RegEdit as an administrator and delete the following Services:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServicesNet]

PC reboot

Install gaming service like you would normally

Solution 2:

Go to Windows settings
Applications
Applications and Features
Look for Gaming Services
Click on it
Advanced options
Tap repair

- If it doesn't work, try the alternative below.

Download the Create Windows 10 installation media application from the following link, at the end of the download run the application, and then follow the instructions given by the program at the end click on upgrade. Rest assured none of your files will be lost, this is a system restore that will try to fix this error.

I know you stated that you did Registry Edits and everything, but I would be remised if I didn't start here. I will still be working on my end to investigate further but feel free to try these steps for now and let me know.

Thank you for the reply and for looking into it. I have tried all of these, but I'll give them all another go. I'll update once that's done.

I too had the same issue but on Windows 11. What fixed it for me was going into Start Menu -> Settings -> Apps -> Apps and Features and then 1) terminating all processes for the Windows Store, Xbox App and Gaming Services 2) repairing each of those same 3 apps and 3) resetting all 3 of those apps. I restarted my computer afterwards and was able to play my games once again.