Fix Install Button missing instead sad smiley face over Install button On Xbox App On Windows 11/10 PC,What does a sad face on Games Pass PC mean?
Step 1) Login with same account on Store and Xbox App, make sure date, time, time zone and region are correct
Step 2) If installing from Xbox App try installing the it from Microsoft Store library, if using store then try installing game from Xbox App
Step 3) Run this powershell command
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Step 4) Delete Microsoft Store Local Cache Files
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Step 5) Repair/reset Xbox App/Store
Step 6) Update Xbox App/Store from store library
Step 7) Install Xbox identity provider and Gaming services https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-identity-provider/9wzdncrd1hkw?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Uninstall remains of gaming service
get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Install Gaming service:
start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN
Step 8) Start all these services
IP Helper
Xbox Live Auth Manager
Xbox Live Game Save
Xbox Live Networking Service
Gaming services
Windows Update
Microsoft install service
Step 9) Update Windows
Step 10) Run WSRESET command
Step 11) Uninstall and reinstall Xbox App/Store
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *WindowsStore* | Remove-AppxPackage
Reboot your computer
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Step 12) Try installing to C drive/Different Drive, Rename the WpSystem and WindowsApps folder
Step 13) Run inetcpl.cpl command
Step 14) Update Windows to the latest version using media creation tool https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download/windows10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download/windows11
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