Xbox App on PC refuses to detect already existing files

Discus and support Xbox App on PC refuses to detect already existing files in XboX Insiders to solve the problem; This has been a real frustration for me, and has happened at least thrice now to the point of ad nauseam. Whenever I do some sort of major update... Discussion in 'XboX Insiders' started by /u/_MeltedCheese_, Mar 17, 2022.

  1. Xbox App on PC refuses to detect already existing files


    This has been a real frustration for me, and has happened at least thrice now to the point of ad nauseam. Whenever I do some sort of major update (whether Windows, Store or the Xbox App itself), the Xbox App borks out and it instantly discounts an installation despite the files already existing. To add salt to the wound, the app starts downloading in a new folder with _1 suffix, completely ignoring the previous folder.

    Ffs, this is such a basic feature that Steam, EA Desktop/Origin, Ubisoft Connect, GoG etc. all have. How hard can it be to have a feature that increases user convenience and lessens frustration?

    This feature should be the highest priority for any game launcher/client/store/app.

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  2. PeterSmal1 Win User

    Forza Horozin 5 Download

    Won't the Xbox App detect the files if I just say install again?
  3. Roadrippah Win User

    Trojan detected in Xbox app

    Have you ran other detection tools other than Kaspersky? Something else could be doing it rather than the xbox app.
    I have run a malwarebytes scan and it detects nothing, but maybe because kaspersky already removed it? Not sure, what's the use of the WpSystem folder, the file seems to be pretty deep in the directory to be found
  4. ArminatorX Win User

    How is there Malware on my Xbox One?

    For everyone saying that it is impossible, I thought so too but, my ISP has Snapshot pics. I will post it and it shows that my Xbox and PC was hacked.
    Most certainly this is a false positive.

    Also interesting would be, how is your ISP detecting which device is an Xbox and which is a PC, and how are they detecting the infection?

    Both the SIMDA and CryptoWall viruses are launched via EXE files.

    The Xbox One can't run Exe files. Executables on the Xbox One are XBE files, and as I said previously, unless these files are digitally signed, the console is unable to run them.

    Please inform your ISP, that their detection is faulty.
  5. Obsessive Power Win User

    Xbox Gamepass Pc

    Hi,

    Error 0x80070005 is an 'access denied' error code. It means that games and apps can't be installed due to file access restrictions.

    Did you use D:\ drive on a previous PC or previous install of Windows 10?

    Games and Apps on Windows 10 Store install to a folder called 'WindowsApps', if this folder already exists on your drive, you won't be able to install games.
  6. JosefLBohorquez Win User

    Flight Simulator - Files there, but can't play.

    Thanks for the update. About my second question, I meant :

    If you hit on the install button, the download starts from the scratch?

    If yes, that means you need to download the game again :c

    As far as I know the Xbox app is going to think that you're using a new PC (that's the normal thing when you reinstall windows)
    And as the game "license" is attached to the "previously" PC, the app is not going to recognize the existing files on D: file
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