Can't install the Gaming Services from the Microsoft store. It says acquiring license than all of the sudden a message that says "Something Happened On Our End. Try Again Later".

Anonymous
2022-01-06T14:34:27+00:00

So i want to play a game with my friend and he can't install the Gaming Services from the Microsoft store. It says acquiring license than all of the sudden a message that says "Something Happened On Our End. Try Again Later" or something like that. We tried so many things so if you can help it will be great! Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-13T15:33:47+00:00

    It is annoying having to do this each update. Though this recent update I just left the pending install in the background while I did other things. I came back to it, closed the store, reopened it and it said it had insstalled.

    This is the method I use to get it working every time.

    Close the Xbox app (not minimised in taskbar)

    Open up the Powershell in Admin mode and type in the three lines:

    Get-AppxPackage *gamingservices* -allusers | remove-appxpackage -allusers <Enter>

    Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServices" -recurse <Enter>

    Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GamingServicesNet" -recurse <Enter>

    Reboot pc.

    reinstall the gaming services via the powershell:

    start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-16T17:01:42+00:00

    This worked for me!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-05T18:44:45+00:00

    this is the one that FIXED my issue!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-22T15:00:46+00:00

    Having this issue of not being able to install this, (can’t run game services as well when I do have it) and on the Xbox pc app I’m unable to download games to any of my devices. All say location isn’t set up to install games which I even did the thing it asked to do with changing where new files go.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-20T03:00:04+00:00

    i cant download any games without gaming service

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