Article 5WMPX Microsoft’s Xbox app now lets you install PC games to any folder

Microsoft’s Xbox app now lets you install PC games to any folder

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Tom Warren
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Xbox_App_Preview_11_17_21.0.jpg The new Xbox app update is available now. | Image: Microsoft

Microsoft is finally allowing games from the Windows store to be installed to any folder that can be accessed freely. The software giant started testing this functionality last year, and it's now rolling out in the Xbox all for all Windows 10 and Windows 11 users today.

This will greatly improve the game install process from the Windows store, allowing PC gamers to install titles into any folder of their choice with unrestricted access to game files. It should address the many headaches of installing games from PC Game Pass, and Windows users should be able to backup game files and restore them in the future.

The new install features on the Xbox app.

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