New Microsoft Windows Xbox app resolves game install issue

Tech giant Microsoft has started allowing testers to access a new Xbox app for Windows that greatly improves the game install process from the Windows store.

According to The Verge, the updated app allows PC gamers to install titles into any folder of their choice with unrestricted access to game files.

Earlier, Microsoft forced games to install into a WindowsApps folder at the root of a drive, and it was locked down so one could not modify files.

The Xbox app update will finally address a big pain point of installing games from Xbox Game Pass for PC, where players would run into issues with the Microsoft Store, the restricted WindowsApps folder, or just the inability to fully control where games were installed.