Xbox app redownloading games already installed on updates

Discus and support Xbox app redownloading games already installed on updates in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; This has happened twice now, once with Back 4 Blood and the other with Forza horizon 5. The app says there is an update available, I click update, the... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by TJM7, Nov 18, 2021.

  1. TJM7
    TJM7 Guest

    Xbox app redownloading games already installed on updates


    This has happened twice now, once with Back 4 Blood and the other with Forza horizon 5. The app says there is an update available, I click update, the app starts to download the entire game again. I usually play on steam, you click update, and it downloads just the update. Why the hell is it going to try to download a 101 gb game again? I don't have the data caps on my internet to willingly download an entire video game every time a game needs to update on the windows xbox app.

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  2. Jesse E' Win User

    Xbox app redownloading games already installed on updates

    Hello, My name is Jesse. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

    Forza Horizon 5 did that to me too earlier today, I took it that the game needed to be reinstalled alongside the update to remove all the bugs which has plagued the game since launch. I apologise for the inconvenience.
  3. Farscape247 Win User

    Error 0x00000001 on Windows 11

    quickest and easiest way to resolve this issue is start from scratch, clean windows install and run all windows updates then store updates then install xbox app then game services then redownload gamepass games.
  4. x EJ x Win User

    [ Xbox App ] My games keep getting corrupted and I keep verifying it just to get the 0x80070005 error

    Yes it was working in the past for like a week Then the game stopped working so i verify and repair the game but it just gave me the 0x80070005 error

    Its the first time I used the xbox app for games but I use other apps like steam, ubisoft, battlen.et, and epic games no problems with them tho

    Windows 11 version 22H2

    There is no run as admin for the xbox app

    I just added a exception to avast for the game install folders I uninstall the game so ill need to redownload the game to see if it will do it again or not

    I have already wsreset.exe

    System has been up to date in windows updates

    I have already uninstalled the xbox app and reinstalled it through mirosoft store. Then uninstalled mirosoft store and the xbox app again restarted my pc and redownload the xbox app through the micosoft store after micosoft store updated
  5. Tiger4Gaming Win User

    xbox app and other win11 apps crashing on startup

    updating let me open already installed games, but ms store and xbox app aren't installed anymore somehow
  6. IgotTSondabrain Win User

    Who is preordering Halo 5?

    hmmm... the MCC has been mostly fixed for awhile now. I find that when they release an actual update to fix a problem in the game it helps if I delete the entire game and redownload it. that way the update is already installed in the game when I do that.

    I figured out that separate update uploaded separately to an already installed game causes problems. at least with the MCC it did
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