Unable to launch through Xbox pc app

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Type (Required):

Launcher

Issue Description (Required):

Cannot launch the game through the xbox pc app.
Can launch the game by navigating to the root directory and running darktide.exe

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Microsoft Store

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Hi @aee616, please could you help us out by attempting to launch via the Xbox App, and then sharing your darktide_launcher.log here for us to investigate? :folded_hands:

  1. Press the Windows key + R
  2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\MicrosoftStore\Darktide
  4. Locate the darktide_launcher.log in this directory
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Hi,

I have attempted to launch via the Xbox App. However, since I had trouble getting the Xbox app to update the game for me on patch day, I deleted and reinstalled the entire game, and have been experiencing the issue of being unable to launch the game since then.

This might contribute to the fact that there is no darktide_launcher.log in the directory you pointed me to.

Here is the error message I got from launching the game through the Xbox app:

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Here is a screenshot of all the files and folders in the directory you pointed me to:

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I am attaching the console logs, probably generated after I launched the game by directly running Darktide.exe and experiencing abysmal performance:

console-2025-09-24-20.52.38-9d35dfe7-3ed6-403f-b540-db1532795aa5.log (91.9 KB)

console-2025-09-24-21.09.03-1c8b7807-e4bc-451e-9c6b-bea7ae01151d.log (110.4 KB)

Hope this helps!

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Got it! Could you try this?:

NOTE: By deleting your AppData, your loadouts and custom keybindings will be reset. You may wish to make a back-up of the directory in the event deleting your AppData does not work to resolve the issue.

  1. Press the Windows key + R
  2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  3. Navigate to: AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\MicrosoftStore
  4. Delete the entire ‘Darktide’ directory

You will then need to use the ‘Verify and Repair’ option, which is accessible via the Xbox App and will ensure the installation is complete.

  1. Open the Xbox App
  2. In ‘My Library’, select ‘Darktide’
  3. Select ‘More Options (…)’
  4. Select ‘Manage’
  5. Select ‘Files’
  6. Select ‘Verify and Repair’
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Hi!

I have tried this earlier and just did it again.

However, with the new Hotfix, the Microsoft Store refuses to start the update process. Therefore, I cannot verify the effectiveness of this fix

In the Xbox app:

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From the point of view of the Microsoft Store:

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The update process never progresses beyond the checking dependencies phase. This is the reason that prompted me to delete and reinstall the entire game in the first place.