Windows 10: The Outer Worlds launches windows app store

Been playing on The Outer Worlds with no issues for the last couple of weeks. However the game now no longer launches, upon trying to play the game the app opens up the windows gaming services page on the windows app store. It's pretty frustrating not being able to play the game I've paid money for. Tried repairing the game and it won't reinstall either.

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The outer worlds wont launch

The other day i noticed the outer worlds icon disappeared from my taskbar where i'd pinned it. the space is there and when i right click it it shows outer worlds. when i try to launch from there or the windows store, nothing happens

 

The outer worlds wont launch

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your query related to The Outer Worlds not launching on your PC. For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below.

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made to the PC prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?
   

Refer the article Which version of Windows operating system am I running?



Meanwhile, I would suggest you to try resetting the Store Packages and see if that helps.

1. Press Windows + X keys together and click on
   Windows PowerShell (Admin).
   
2. Accept the UAC prompts, if you receive any
   
3. Now copy paste the command and hit Enter:
   
   Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.WindowsStore | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}
   
4. Once the command is executed, run the below command:
   
   Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"
   
5. Restart the PC.
   

After restarting the PC try launching the game and see if it is working fine.



In addition, you may want to refer the article
Fix problems with apps from Microsoft Store



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

The Outer Worlds won't launch at all

https://privatedivisionsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037662594--WINDOWS-Why-can-t-I-launch-The-Outer-Worlds-on-Windows-10-N-



Found this article randomly, you should check if you have windows 10 "N" version.