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
    2017-04-18T04:44:53+00:00

    The thing is.. you don't have to mention the rest because ALL THE OTHER stores support doing a backup and restore in some way or another.

    Origin - lets you copy the files,  will scan the contents if it detects them and start downloading if something is broke or says "installing" if its all good.

    UPlay - will display discovering content and even show you the "discovering speed" while the hdd works and after that it displays "installed"

    GoG - will display discovering content and shows when it's installed just by pointing the files to the install path.

    Steam - will let you discover files as the rest or even do a full backup with an installer.

    So... It's not that Microsoft is not supporting an oficial backup because Origin wont,  it's that it WONT LET YOU DO any kind of backup and it's the ONLY STORE that won't let you do anything with it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-18T03:57:45+00:00

    i bought the game 2 days ago..now i regret buying from windows store and will not do it again..after many unsuccessful downloading i managed to download it 52.6 Gb..now i want it on my other gaming pc..can't backup or copy/paste game folder..tried all methods for 2 days after deep searching and trying..nothing worked..

    Why Microsoft is doing this?! i don't know..just a simple backup/restore option for us..

    all respect to Uplay..Steam..Origin..GOG..

    :(

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-15T16:41:42+00:00

    Fiddler is not a Windows Store app.  It's a regular desktop utility.  Here's a tutorial for how to get a Windows Store URL using Fiddler.  (Ignore all of the stuff after downloading the appx bundle.  That doesn't apply.)

    https://youtu.be/acAuUk9gJxc

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-04-14T23:15:19+00:00

    Your solution seems interesting but it seems Microsoft don't want us to download the game to have a backup because they just removed the app from the Store.

    Any other alternative?.

    MICROSOFT WHY ARE YOU PURPOSEFULY MAKING OUR LIFE SO DIFFICULT?.   GIVE US A BACKUP OPTION ALREADY !

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-04-14T17:02:29+00:00

    It's not a perfect solution but you can download the installer file by finding the URL when Windows Store starts downloading using a free program like "Fiddler."

    For Forza Horizon 3, I downloaded the file with a download manager.  It was called -:

    Microsoft.OpusPG_1.0.54.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.EAppx       (52.3GB)

    I can install it on any PC by starting the download in the Windows Store until it finishes "Acquiring License" and then cancelling the download.

    I then open Powershell and type this to install e.g. -:

    add-appxpackage "C:\Users<username>\Downloads\Microsoft.OpusPG_1.0.54.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.EAppx"

    The game installed in about 10 minutes on my PC which is much better than waiting days for the download!!

    The game then runs (although it may need to download any game updates but they are usually small)

    Hope that helps!

    Damien

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