Moving Forza Horizon 3 Game Data To Another PC

Anonymous
2016-09-29T06:20:46+00:00

Hi,

I have recently purchased Forza Horizon 3 on the Windows App Store on my Surface Pro 3. I downloaded it onto my Surface Pro 3 because i have access to NBN (faster internet) at work where i was able to download the game within an hour or so.

I want to copy the game data to a USB so i can then install the game on my home pc. I was unable to download the game on my home pc as my interent would take a week to download.

I have tried moving the data using the in built windows function Settings>System>Apps & Features then selecting Froza Horizon 3 and select move to my USB, but i get an error message "We couldnt move Forza Horizon 3. The operation did not complete successfully. Try again in a bit. The error code is 0x80073d0b, in case you need it".

I then tried by taking ownership of the Windowsapp folder and finding the game data "Microsoft.OpusPG_1.0.10.2_x64__8werkyb3d8bbwe". But when i try to copy and paste it onto my usb (which has plenty of space and is formatted in NTFS) it keeps telling me i need to "provide administrator permission to copy to this folder" i select continue and then prompts "you need permission to perform this action".

Doe sanyone know how i can copy the game data for Forza Horizon 3 to my home pc as i cannot download 50GB from home.

Regards,

Tim

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Gaming

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-02-03T10:50:06+00:00

    LOL... Well done...

    • How were you trying to transfer the game?
    • A) He details two ways he tried to move the game. Have you heard of reading the question?
    • Were you using an external device? If yes, what kind of external device?
    • A) Does USB mean he was using an IDE cable or SATA cable? *facepalm*
    • Were you able to transfer a game from your Media PC to your Gaming PC before?
    • A) Considering he said he got the game recently... Also, NBN at work or leave the PC on at home for a week to download... The signs are pointing towards>> use the work net to download and USB the game home to PC.
    • Were there any error messages when you tried to transfer the said game? If yes, can you post a screenshot of the error?
    • A) He supplied the error code and besides, what is a screenshot going to tell you anyway... "yup it's not mac".

    I'm sorry but I thought there was a certain intelligence level required to be affiliated with Microsoft, such as being a forum moderator. Or is your job to ask the dumb questions like.. have you plugged it in yet?

    No offence but I find your queries insulting and outright unproductive.

    If there are any other moderators reading this, I would submit that "Carlos Tin" needs to be removed.

    But yes, I'm having the same drama except it's within the same machine, transporting it from an old HDD OS install to a new SSD OS install. 

    My optimism burnt me as I thought.. sure just click install and it'll figure out that there's already 60GB in there.

    When in reality it's more like  Step 1 > Wipe install location... GG

    ADSL1  ftw...  

    I'm just not willing to leave my PC on just to download data, particularly after data loss due to bad software design.

    A) power bill and B) component lifespan

    I miss the days where buying a game from a shop didn't mean having to download the whole thing anyway.

    Btw.. my old HHD died because windows kept the HDD usage at 100% (at idle) for about a month or so.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-03T14:11:29+00:00

    This is why I will never buy a microsoft game.

    I hope you guys come to the conclusion that your way of doing things is backwards.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-21T03:19:13+00:00

    Here too. It's a really nightmare, i have 3 gamer PCs at home and is insane to need a download in everyone.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-10-07T01:42:41+00:00

    Since you already purchased the game. You can simply download the game using another PC.

    Keep us posted.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-10-12T23:27:08+00:00

    All you have to do is backup the SystemAppData folder under these two locations for Apex and FH3 respectively.:

    Forza Apex: AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.ApexPG_8wekyb3d8bbwe

    Forza Horizon 3: AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.OpusPG_8wekyb3d8bbwe

    FH3 game data is about 100MB and Apex is only about 15MB.  They do both grow over time, but they are very manageable at this size.  The game itself can be anywhere but these are the data folders.

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