Well, after two weeks of trying everything except a bare-metal re-install of Windows, I still had no luck figuring out what was wrong. Today there was a Microsoft Windows cumulative update, so I applied that and it didn’t make any difference. But there was a “Gaming Services” update in Windows Store, and THAT fixed it!
Which makes some sense as the 0x80070424 error comes from trying to talk to some service that isn’t installed or working.
So, if you see the infamous 0x80070424, you may want to try removing and re-installing the “Gaming Services” package through the store.
That’s not quite the same issue I had. The 0x803FB107 just says (I think) that the bundle could not be installed but does not tell you anything about the reason why. The error on the bundle components tells you the “why”. In this case the 0x80070005 is “Access Denied” so I suspect you’re right that it’s some sort of permissions thing.
Do you have multiple users on your system? Are you doing the install from an administrator capable account? One of the annoying things about The Store (apart from it being the delivery mechanism for XBOX stuff) is that it’s completely opaque and you have very little ability to affect its behavior.
Have you tried creating a new user account just for FS and installing while logged in as that user?
…impossible, cause its uninstalled -.-
i tried also with the self-downloaded XboxInstaller.exe
no chance, installation with the .exe fails with an 0x80070005 error, or it event dont start the installation process
i did the installation successfully with an other admin account!
BUT:
this other account is completely useless for me, cause on this other user interface arent all my other apps and 3rd party apps installed…
so the complete mfs IS installed in my system, BUT on an different account.
physically available, but not usable with my main ADMIN account
Thanks. That concurs with what I found with my issue, that the 0x80070424 status specifically means that the store app is unable to talk to the Gaming Services and that’s where one should focus their efforts in trying to fix it.
P.S. I’ll mark you as a solution since that’s probably as good a start as any for people encountering this issue, though I would first make sure that the store does not think it needs to / is in the process of installing a Gaming Services update. If it is, you might have to reboot more than once before it gets unstuck and properly installs the latest changes to Gaming Service.
Just wanted to chime in here hoping an easier fix comes by - Installed the game and the next day it vanished off my SSD hard drive . Getting the same Code: 0x80070424 trying to reinstall from the store .
Please give this man a medal, a ceremony, a statue and 1 internet.
Holy ■■■■, this worked for me after reinstalling Windows twice, 4 days of troubleshooting, reading tons websites and almost made me want to buy MSFS through Steam.