Xbox app "This app needs an extra component. Provides functionality for Xbox Live in-game...

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.

The extra component is Gaming Services app.

Thanks for the response. I would sure appreciate having that information before I click "Install".

After much back and forth I was finally able to solve the problem. None of the suggestions found online worked for me, but once I tried to start a game that was downloaded right off the start-menu (not using the Xbox app at all) the game started and launched the web-interface linked to my Game-pass account. After signing in there, the game launched. After exiting the game, I tried to launch the X-box app again and noticed I was now able to click on the "install" components.

The component that was missing in my case was something called "game-tcup" or something like that. Once that was installed, the X-box app worked like normal again.

Hello LazyCord16717,

I'm Nilay and I'll be glad to answer your query today.

Please try this:

Open Settings, click Update and Security and then Windows Update;

Click Check for Updates;

Click the Download and Install Now option, if available (Install optional updates as well)

Also, check the Microsoft Store for any updates on the Xbox apps and its services and update everything too.

Now, sign out from your account on both Xbox app and Microsoft Store and do this:

Go to windows settings > apps > search for gaming services app > click on it and select advanced options.

After that, click repair and then reset

Then do the same for the Xbox app:

Go to windows settings > apps > search for Xbox app > click on it and select advanced options.

After that, click repair and then reset

Finally do this:

Step 1: Open the Run window by pressing Windows + R key.

Step 2: Input WSReset.exe in the Run window and click OK.

Step 3: Then a command prompt window will appear. After a few seconds, Windows Store will open.

Sign in again on both Microsoft store and Xbox app with your account and try again.

Good Luck
Regards

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this Diwij

Is this happening only when you try to download forza horizon 5?
You're using the Xbox app for this purpose, right?

Please try this:

Open Settings, click Update and Security and then Windows Update;

Click Check for Updates;

Click the Download and Install Now option, if available (Install optional updates as well)

Also, check the Microsoft Store for any updates on the Xbox apps and its services and update everything too.

Now, sign out from your account on both Xbox app and Microsoft Store and do this:

Go to windows settings > apps > search for gaming services app > click on it and select advanced options.

After that, click repair and then reset

Then do the same for the Xbox app:

Go to windows settings > apps > search for Xbox app > click on it and select advanced options.

After that, click repair and then reset

Finally do this:

Step 1: Open the Run window by pressing Windows + R key.

Step 2: Input WSReset.exe in the Run window and click OK.

Step 3: Then a command prompt window will appear. After a few seconds, Windows Store will open.

Sign in again on both Microsoft store and Xbox app with your account and try again.

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If maybe that doesn't work, please tell me which troubleshooting steps you have done so far to fix this, in that way I can advise you different things or how to proceed