Repeat the same steps to Terminate, Repair, and Reset the Microsoft Store app. Note that using the Repair and Reset functions won’t delete your downloaded games. Scroll down, and click on “Terminate” to completely close the app, then on “Repair”, and finally on “Reset.” Select the Xbox app and then click on “Advanced options.” Press on Search This List and type “xbox.” Press on the Windows Search Bar and type “Apps & features.” Repair and Reset the Xbox and Microsoft Store apps Requires Windows 10/11, v.22H1 or higher. Overall, it seems that during tier 1 games releases (Forza Horizon 5 and Age of Empires 4, for example) the Microsoft servers get overloaded and the download speed decreases almost anywhere.īe aware that the Xbox App reports your speed back in MB/s while the Microsoft Store reports back in Mb/s. Discover and download new games with Game Pass, chat with friends across PC, mobile and Xbox console. We don’t know if this behavior is caused by the software used by the two apps, or because they have access to different servers. In several cases, the users achieved a higher download speed when using the Microsoft Store.

Open the Microsoft Store, find and resume the game download. Start the download inside the Xbox App, pause it, and close the app.

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