Xbox Game App PC Default Install location

Thanks for replying The Xbox app on PC installs games to the C: drive by default.
Although you can change the default installation location in the app's settings, some users have also told me that the app still returns to the C: drive by default. This could be a bug or a problem with the app.

Here is a link to change location:
https://support.xbox.com/help/games-apps/game-setup-and-play/game-installation-issues-on-PC

Hello there, and thanks for being an Xbox Insider on PC! Can you confirm for me that you have the latest updates to the Insiders' version of the Xbox App installed? As in, when you go to the Microsoft Store, there's no additional updates pending for the Xbox app after the beginning of this month?

So you're aware, this is a known issue that was being investigated in the preview versions of the Xbox app, and the latest updates to the Xbox app for Insiders included some fixes for the problem. If you have the latest updates, and you are still experiencing this problem, it is crucial that as an Insider you submit a bug report through the Xbox app so that our teams can continue to investigate and fix the problem.

To submit a bug report from the Xbox app:

1. Select your profile icon
   
2. Select Feedback
   
3. Select Report a Problem in the prompt that appears
   
4. Complete the report in the Feedback Hub app when it's pulled up
   

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go to settings and change storage location back to c:, then install the gaming services update, then change storage location back to wherever you had it.

the gaming services thing has to be installed on c:, if you have your default storage on another drive it errors, this gaming services app is that an app so will try to install to wherever the default storage is but it can only be installed on the system
drive(C

Hi CanerCuhac! My name is Ricardo an independent advisor ready to help you with this situation!

Please try this

The solution is to ensure the default 'Xbox PC app storage location' is the same as the regular App storage location.

Windows 10 --> Windows-Key --> System --> Storage --> Change where new content is stored --> change "New apps be save to" the drive that you want.

Xbox App (PC) --> Your Xbox Gamer Icon (near top right) --> Settings --> General --> Change where this app installs games by default.

As mentioned here

https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxGamePass/comments/...

Hello, alexvor20. Thanks for reaching out! My name is Lucas, and I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user just like you. I'll be happy to assist you today.

Since you think the install location of the games may be impacting their launch (and reading your issue I also think it), then you can try to change the default location where Xbox App install your games.

To specify where to download and install Xbox games on Xbox App, use these steps:

Open Xbox app.

Click the profile menu in the top-right and select the Settings options.

Click on General.

(Optional) Under the “Game install options” section, select the drive to install games by default.

Click the Change folder option.

Select the new folder location to store Xbox games.

Click the Select Folder button.

After you complete the steps, the game files will be stored in the new folder location.

The install location of apps and games that you download from Microsoft Store is C:\Program Files\WindowsApps. So change your Xbox App folder to this path, uninstall your games, install them again on this folder and see if you can run your games.