How to fix UWP Xbox deployment 0x80131500 - Exception from HRESULT: 0x801C0003

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How to fix UWP Xbox deployment 0x80131500 - Exception from HRESULT: 0x801C0003

Hi, we're trying to deploy the UWP Xbox app, as we have done for the past five years, and after the recent update, it fails with this error:

WinAppDeployCmd.exe install -file "C:\Users\package.msix" -ip 192.168.1.22
Windows App Deployment Tool
Version 10.0.0.0
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Opening connection to device at '192.168.1.22'. 0x80131500 - Exception from HRESULT: 0x801C0003
0x801C0003 - Exception from HRESULT: 0x801C0003

Reproducible on both: Xbox Series S / Xbox One X

Firmware: August 2023, OS version: 10.0.25398.1762

Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,212 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-09-13T19:54:04.2033333+00:00

Hi @Video Playback Experience Team , XBox development is not covered on Q&A. The UWP tag is specifically about UWP desktop app development.
Video Playback Experience Team 25 Reputation points

2023-09-14T12:38:25.2466667+00:00

@Rob Caplan - MSFT Thanks for the response. Can you please recommend us a better place to ask those questions or report the issue? I've found some paid support only.
Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,212 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-09-16T00:39:30.67+00:00

@Video Playback Experience Team , If you're a member of a program such as ID@XBox you should have support options through that program. If not, I'm not aware of free support options for XBox development. Paid support for UWP on XBox is available via https://aka.ms/storesupport → Contact Us → UWP App Development

To report XBox issues see Provide feedback to Team Xbox.

Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,212 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-09-13T19:54:04.2033333+00:00

Hi @Video Playback Experience Team , XBox development is not covered on Q&A. The UWP tag is specifically about UWP desktop app development.
Video Playback Experience Team 25 Reputation points

2023-09-14T12:38:25.2466667+00:00

@Rob Caplan - MSFT Thanks for the response. Can you please recommend us a better place to ask those questions or report the issue? I've found some paid support only.
Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,212 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-09-16T00:39:30.67+00:00

@Video Playback Experience Team , If you're a member of a program such as ID@XBox you should have support options through that program. If not, I'm not aware of free support options for XBox development. Paid support for UWP on XBox is available via https://aka.ms/storesupport → Contact Us → UWP App Development

To report XBox issues see Provide feedback to Team Xbox.

Answer 1

Timothy S 85

Ran into this ourselves yesterday and found a solution. You might be using an out of date version of the Windows App Deployment Tool. Here's what we did:

Updated Visual Studio 2022 to 17.7.4, we were a few versions out of date
We have a few older versions of the Windows Software Development Kit installed. We removed the old ones and just kept the latest (10.0.22621.1778 as of 9/15).
Updated our PATH environment variable to have the latest kit location (C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x64)
Did a pin connection to the Xbox to set up the connection again (WinAppDeployCmd.exe list -ip <xbox ip> -pin <pin from xbox>)
Worked after that!

Hope that helps.

Video Playback Experience Team 25 Reputation points

2023-09-18T17:43:24.9366667+00:00
Thanks, you did give good suggestion but real cause was this:

We did use existing WinAppDeployCmd from x86 folder of SDK 10.0.17763.0

The tool doesn't exist in x64 folders, but did start to exist in SDK 10.0.22621.0, potentially it could be available in some others but I did install 2019 and 2022 studio with their default SDKs

Microsoft Xbox update from August 2023 prevents deploys from x86 but works for x64

Not sure if it's a bug or deprecation but looks like the path forward is to use x64 tools.

How to fix UWP Xbox deployment 0x80131500 - Exception from HRESULT: 0x801C0003

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