Windows 10: Is it me or is the windows store not fit for purpose for gaming?

Having an absolutely awful time with gaming via the windows store, so much that I've cancelled my gamepass subscription. Is it just me or is this just totally unfit for use?

Simple tasks like trying to find and launch the games I own are tediously long winded while seeing exactly what games I actually get for my £7.99 monthly subscription seems an entirely absent feature. I'm regularly trying to start games that worked fine for weeks to be suddenly be greeted with meaningless error messages and failures, searching in the search feature is just broken (no results searching in the windows store for forza while autocomplete is right there showing forza games and dlc in the dropdown), games shown as installed entirely skip out anything installed as part of the gamepass and it's as if they are not installed..... the list of frustrations goes on.

Surely this can't be right, have they really made such a mess of it all?

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Fit's current machine... always changing

I'm just waiting for evga to list them for a step-up! Looks killer fits.

 

Using games from the microsoft store

Based on the results you've obtained, this can be an issue with the Windows Store which affects the digital games you’ve downloaded from it. We suggest manually resetting the Windows Store cache. Here are the steps:

• Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog box.
• Type WSReset.exe and click OK.
• The Store and a command prompt will now open with any message. The command prompt will automatically close after the Store's cache has been reset.

Once done with the reset, kindly click this
link and follow the steps on how to check for updates for apps and games from Windows Store. Search if there are any updates available for the affected game.

Keep us updated with the progress.

 

Game doesn't fit screen

Hi Benz,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Please provide details to assist you better.

1. Have you installed all pending updates?

2. Is the issue is only with Star Wars Rebel or any other game?

3. Did you make any changes to your computer prior to this issue?

I suggest you to follow the Steps below.

I suggest you to change Aspect ratio and resolution in game settings and check if that helps.

You may also want to check if that game has any limitations related to this issue.



Method 1: Update the display driver software on the system.

Refer the below steps to update the driver.

• 
  Press “Windows + X” and select Device manager.
  
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  Select Display Adapter and expand the driver icon.
  
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  Right click on the driver icon and click on
  Update.
  
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  Follow the onscreen instructions to update the driver.
  
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  Restart the computer and check if the issue is resolved.
  

Hope this helps. Do let you if your issue is resolved. For another query, feel free to contact us.

Thanks.