JW Library App needs X Box on Win 10!?

[Harry Evans]

I recently bought a new Win10 laptop.  Not being a games player, I uninstalled Microsoft's XBox software.

Later I tried to install JW Library.  It simply refused to do so.
Then (I think it was in the MS Store notes about JW Library) I noticed a reference to XBox.

Although I thought it was curious, I reinstalled XBox.

JW Library downloaded and installed with no problems at all!

The lesson is - if you do not want to use a program that comes with the start menu by default, just HIDE it and don't uninstall it.

I wonder if anyone else has had a problem like this? Or whether I should point this out to the Society's IT dept?

[Myew]

The only thing I see for JW Library in the Microsoft Store pertaining to Xbox is that you can install and run JW Library on an Xbox One Console.
It may be possible that necessary graphics settings or video drivers for JW Library are included in the Xbox software package, but I kind of doubt it. JW Library lists its open source licenses in the settings menu, which has a couple mentions of Microsoft. This sounds more like a problem with the Store or Windows itself. Microsoft has tied several core features of the Windows 10 operating system into various pre-installed software such as OneDrive and Xbox. You basically have to expect something in Windows to break when you tell it you don't want something that it came with. I've had a lot of problems with the Microsoft Store and read a lot of complaints about its software, trying to re-download or update apps even months later after telling it to stop downloading and uninstall them. It took me a long time to figure out that it was Store & Windows updates blue screening my PC repeatedly because it doesn't like that I use tiered storage.

Edited December 29, 2019 by Myew

[hatcheckgirl]

The Xbox is used for streaming. Is that the default used by JW lib? And I’m not sure if that has any bearing on the op’s question. Just thought I’d add this to the mix.