ALIE Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 can they be imported somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Huh? Sorry, no clue what you're talking about - you'll have to be a little more specific. What games? What platform? What emulator? What is it you're trying to do exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 ok if you buy a game here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/games/windows?icid=en_US_Store_UH_games_Win a windows 10 game like Despicable Me: Minion Rush. it will be placed under apps and the Xbox app for windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 So long as it has it's own dedicated .exe on your computer, you should be able to add it. I think the Xbox app is basically just a wrapper like Steam, Origin, etc. It still has to install somewhere on your computer and as long as it has it's own executable you should be able to add that to Launchbox (not the Xbox app itself). Now, it may or may not require that you're actually logged into the Xbox app to work - if it's anything like Steam or Origin, some games can work standalone and others can't. I know little to nothing about the Xbox app in W10, so take all this with a grain of salt, but Steam games work through Launchbox so I would think you could do the same with these, you'd just need to add the game-specific .exe to Launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Hi @ALIE, welcome. Launching the Windows 8/10 Metro-style apps is more challenging than it should be; it's kind of dumb how Microsoft set it up. @Zombeaver, you'd think you'd be able to launch those apps with an EXE file, but my experience suggests that it's not that easy, believe it or not. I'll add an item to my list to research that; I know that will probably be requested more and more very soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 @Jason Interesting... I find myself running into more and more reasons as the days go on to be glad that I haven't switched from 7 yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I have a post on how to setup your X-Box app somewhere on here. I use it to Launch the app and then use the app to stream my X-Box to all of my HTPC's. I don't know if it would work for all of your individual games or not but I know it can launch the XB app. Here is a link to the above mentioned thread (yeah I was going to be lazy and not look it up but decided against it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Thanks @DOS76. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loading to Death Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) I'm a little late to the party but here goes.... Open the start menu (windows button, task bar bottom left) Find the xbox windows game that you want from the list of all apps Right click on it and select pin to start. This will create a tile for this game to the right of the apps list Click and drag this new tile to your desktop, which will create a link (shortcut) Go to launchbox, right click and select add. Click Browse for the application path and select "all files" from the dropdown box at the bottom right of this window to make the shortcut selectable. Browse to your desktop (or wherever) and select the shortcut you just made. import as normal. There you have it, Windows 10 xbox game imported to launchbox Edited January 12, 2017 by Ninja Danny B Made instructions clearer & added screenshot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Clever way to make the shortcut better than my method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loading to Death Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Thanks. It had been bothering me for a while, but now I'm happy to have ALL of my games in one place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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