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Xbox apps/games from the Microsoft Store cannot be installed #1833

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jedieaston opened this issue Jan 5, 2022 · 3 comments
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Xbox apps/games from the Microsoft Store cannot be installed #1833

jedieaston opened this issue Jan 5, 2022 · 3 comments
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Area-External Issue outside of winget-cli source Issue-Bug It either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation. msstore Issue related to "msstore" REST source
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@jedieaston
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jedieaston commented Jan 5, 2022

Brief description of your issue

Games that use Xbox services appear to not be available for installation from the msstore source, even though they appear in search.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Run winget search -s msstore "Microsoft Solitaire Collection".
  2. Note that it appears available for installation.
  3. Run winget install -s msstore "Microsoft Solitaire Collection".
  4. It doesn't install :-(

Expected behavior

To absolutely pwn some noobs in Klondike.

Actual behavior

The REST source is sending a 404, claiming there isn't an available product for that package version. I can replicate this with the Minecraft Launcher and Halo Infinite, all free games (so there isn't any weirdness I know of with Game Pass entitlements or something).

I've attached verbose logs so everyone can see the full responses, but it might be that the source is just blocking Xbox games from being installed, in which case I suppose this should be a feature request (but there should be documentation that games are not currently supported, and searching for games shouldn't return any results).

WinGet-2022-01-05-08-59-28.471.log

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Windows Package Manager v1.1.13405
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22000.376
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.16.13405.0

Any other software? Well, I'd say Microsoft Solitaire Collection, but...
@ghost ghost added the Needs-Triage Issue need to be triaged label Jan 5, 2022
@jedieaston jedieaston changed the title Allow installation of Xbox apps/games from the Microsoft Store Xbox apps/games from the Microsoft Store cannot be installed Jan 5, 2022
@denelon denelon added Issue-Bug It either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation. msstore Issue related to "msstore" REST source and removed Needs-Triage Issue need to be triaged labels Jan 5, 2022
@denelon denelon added this to the v1.3-Client milestone Feb 22, 2022
@ryantheleach
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I'm also running into issues with games on the windows store.

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WinGet-2022-04-29-08-50-49.671.log

@denelon denelon modified the milestones: v1.3-Client, v1.4-Client May 31, 2022
@denelon denelon modified the milestones: v1.4-Client, v1.5-Client Dec 28, 2022
@denelon denelon modified the milestones: v1.5-Client, v.Next-Client Apr 18, 2023
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MatheusPese commented May 24, 2024

Because of that, i can't install the new Minecraft Launcher from the store, just the old one that does not work.

@denelon denelon added the Area-External Issue outside of winget-cli source label Jun 11, 2024
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denelon commented Jun 11, 2024

This is a limitation with the Microsoft Store source. They have policies in place regarding which Apps they will expose for WinGet. There are various reasons related to age restrictions, locale restrictions, and potentially other reasons/policies Apps aren't exposed to the WinGet CLI.

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