Windows 10: Access to downloaded store games for all user accounts?

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  1. SHALAMAR
    shalamar Win User

    Access to downloaded store games for all user accounts?


    Hi - this user accounts area has stumped me - can you help?
    I have downloaded a number of games from the Microsoft store. But on my pc I have a child user account for my three children via the Microsoft family accounts windows 10 online software.
    How do I make the games I have downloaded on the admin account available to the children's accounts on the pc? Presumably there is a better way than downloading it in each childs account?
    Cheers


    :)
     
    shalamar, Feb 18, 2017
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  2. SACHIN VENKATESH
    Sachin Venkatesh Win User

    Microsoft Sudoku not available to other users

    Hi Larry,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

    The Games which you download from Windows store are account specific. So if you have downloaded any game using your account from the Windows Store, then only you will be able to play and other users cannot access it.

    So if they need to play them even they have to login to their Microsoft account and download from the Windows store using their Microsoft account and access the game to play.

    Keep us posted if you are facing any further issues in Windows.
     
    Sachin Venkatesh, Feb 18, 2017
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  3. EL-WIN10
    EL-win10 Win User
    downloaded games do not appear for other computer users

    I have downloaded various games from the MS Store, but the games only appear in the account that I used to download. My computer has multiple accounts and I wants the games to be available to all users.
     
    EL-win10, Feb 18, 2017
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  4. LX07
    lx07 Win User

    Access to downloaded store games for all user accounts?

    You'd like to think so but as far as I know, no. You have to install them separately for each account.

    You can share the same store logon (so you don't have to buy them again) but you have to download separately for each account as it puts data on different place on the disk for each user.

    https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/hen...h-your-family/
     
    lx07, Feb 18, 2017
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  5. SHALAMAR
    shalamar Win User
    Well thanks for the very speedy response IX07 - although I am quite amazed that I have to do this - so the answer is a little disappointing - but that's on Microsoft yeh? So actually it's a huge effort when you have three or four childrens accounts to set up - and want shared desktop links with appropriate icons for them too... and on top of that I noticed that deleting facebook from the admin account does not delete it from the kids accounts... so more work needed deleting facebook, skype and all of the other dangerous social media access that I don't want my kids to have access to.
    Is it just me - or is this a little crazy... surely there's got to be a better way.... this takes so long to set up.....
    But thanks again IX07 for the advice - much appreciated.
    Cheers
     
    shalamar, Apr 5, 2018
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