When I try to download games on Xbox game pass, it forces me to only use my ssd and not my hdd.

Hi there JB welcome to the community forum! Christopher here, an Xbox fan just like you and has been on Xbox for years already. I would really love to make your day by helping you out. I had this issue around a year ago. I could tell you all the 10 steps I followed to solve it, unfortunately what helped me to solved this was to restart my PC as it comes here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/rec...

In the part of Windows 10 click on "Reset this PC" these instructions will help you to solve the problem, you can even leave your important files!

I've played it with Xbox Game Pass. When I try to install it I changed the directory to another disk (SSD to HDD because SSD doesn't have the room for it) and then it asks me to format it.

Followed all the steps, but i did not get a UAC prompt when downloading the app. the app still does not work.

Hi Sammy,

Thanks for the reply. Sadly none of that worked and i still am unable to download games to my hard drive. any other ideas?

Edit: ive just checked again and now some games can download to my hard drive where most cant. Games like forza and even old battlefields wont recognise my hard drive but smaller games like bridge constructor do. is there any known reason for this? it seems to be random as far as i can tell. even some bigger games let me download to my hard drive.

Right-click the Start button in the lower-left corner of the main screen, and then select Windows PowerShell (Admin).

In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell screen, type the following command and press Enter:

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

In the same window, type the following commands and press Enter:

Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices" -recurse

Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServicesNet" -recurse

(It's okay if either of these commands indicates that they keys don't exist)

Restart your device.

Right-click the Start button in the lower-left corner of the main screen, and then select Windows PowerShell (Admin).

In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell screen, type the following command and press Enter:

start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN

Install the app on that page, and then select Yes when you receive the User Account Control (UAC) prompt.

Try to install the game again.