The Microsoft Store gets a much-anticipated update with new feature release.

One thing is certain, the arrival of Windows 11 will have been beneficial for the Microsoft Store. Since October 2021 and the launch of its latest operating system, Microsoft has increased initiatives to improve its online application store through updates. The latest introduces a new feature that users have been waiting for for a very long time. It now allows you to choose the installation location for your games. The function, which has been in testing since the beginning of November among Insiders in the Dev and Canary channels of Windows 11, is now available to all users.

Choose an installation location before downloading

Until now, the Microsoft Store installed all games downloaded from the store on the system drive by default.
But with the latest Microsoft Store update, things will change noticeably. Stamped 22310.1401.8.0, the latest version of the Microsoft application store will allow you to choose an installation location for the games you are about to download. And it was Daniel Paulino, software engineer at Microsoft who announced the good news on Twitter

New Microsoft Store update just dropped, v22310. Available for all users. You can now select which drive to install games like Starfield, Halo, and Minecraft 🎮

Worked great when I installed Sea of ​​Stars, one of my GOTY 🥰

Hope you like it. Send feedback! Team is listening 💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/N2J1z5ouKD

— Daniel 🇨🇦 (@kid_jenius) November 14, 2023

“The new Microsoft Store update has just been released, v22310. Available to all users. Now you can select which drive to install games like Starfield, Halo and Minecraft 🎮 Worked great when I installed Sea of ​​Stars, one of my GOTYs 🥰 Hope you like it. Send your comments! The team is listening 💪🏽 » he declared, with a short demonstration video to support it.

So, when downloading a new game, the Microsoft Store will show you a pop-up informing you of the destination location selected by default. You can then, if you wish, change disk or partition to install the largest titles.

You will then be automatically redirected to the page of Microsoft Store Settings to which a new section dedicated to the installation location of the games has been added.

It is from this menu that you can define the default installation disk, but also the directory selected for your games. Please note that you can deactivate the alert automatically displayed when downloading a game if you have, for example, an installation location that you dedicate to games.

Source :

XDA Developers