Minecraft, a sandbox game that has been around for more than a decade has been the reason for countless memories. The game is still going strong and now has established itself as the best-selling video game of all time.
Originally created by Notch or Marcus Persson, using the Java computer language, this project was launched in 2009 after which it was taken over by Jens “Jeb” Bergensten who further developed the game.
Furthermore, in 2014, Microsoft acquired the parent organization of Minecraft, Mojang for a whopping sum of $2.5 billion and continued the development of the game.
However, with new updates and new features, some bugs also slip in. So here we are looking to fix an issue that we might face using Minecraft on Windows.
As mentioned earlier, Microsoft is the owner of both Windows and Minecraft. So, without further ado let’s get right into fixing the “We weren’t able to install the app (0x80070057)” error in Minecraft.
Contents
- Make sure you have enough Disk Space
- Sign In To The Xbox App And Microsoft Store
- How to Download Windows 7/8 Version
How to Fix “We weren’t able to install the app (0x80070057)” in Minecraft
The error, “We were not able to install the app (0x80070057)” has suddenly popped up on Microsoft devices these days. Usually, it happens when users are trying to install Minecraft in the later versions of Windows, that is Windows 10 and Windows 11.
There can be many reasons for this error to pop up, but mostly it is because of one of the two issues. Either the user has not signed in to the Xbox app and Microsoft Store, or the user’s device seems to lack sufficient disk space for Minecraft.
Fortunately, there are easy fixes for the said issue which we will talk about in this article. So let us check out some easy fixes for the “We were not able to install the app (0x80070057)” error in Minecraft.
Make Sure You Have Enough Disk Space
If you get the “We weren’t able to install the app (0x80070057)” error in Minecraft, you should start by making sure that you have enough storage space for Minecraft.
Mostly, many users face this issue due to the lack of free space on their disk drive on the system running Windows 10 and Windows 11.
So, if your device lacks enough free space, you might need to clean up your disk drive. You can clean your drive by deleting temporary files and other files that you are not using.
After clean-up, you can try installing Minecraft Launcher once again, and hopefully, the Game will install just fine.
Sign In To The Xbox App And Microsoft Store
If the above fix did not work for you, then this issue might be the cause of the error popping up. The easiest fix is to simply sign in to the Xbox app and Microsoft Store on your device.
However, one thing you should make sure that you are signing in to the Xbox app and Microsoft Store using the same email address. If not done, this error might pop up.
Let’s say, the email address you use is “[email protected],” you need to use this same email to sign in to the Xbox app and Microsoft Store on your device. If you fail to match the same address, then you might face this issue. So, you have to make sure that both the Xbox app and Microsoft Store use the email “[email protected]”.
How to Sign in to the Xbox app?
- To sign in to the Xbox app on your device, you have to open windows search, and then search for “Xbox”, and open it. Then you’ve to proceed to sign in to the Xbox app
- Now you have to click on “Social” on the navigation bar at the top and then click on “Sign In”
- You can also click on the profile icon on the navigation bar at the top, and then click “Sign In”
- After this, you have to sign in to your Xbox app using your Microsoft Account
- Use your credentials to log in to the Xbox app
After that, you will need to sign in to the Microsoft Store app.
How to Sign in to Microsoft Store?
After logging in to your Xbox app, you have to minimize the Xbox app, and then use the Windows Search.
- You have to search “Microsoft Store” in the Windows Search and then open it
- Now, you need to log in to the Microsoft Store. Click on the profile icon on the navigation bar at the top
- You have to click on “Sign In” and then log in using your Microsoft account
- One important thing to consider is that you need to use the same email as the one you entered for the Xbox account above
- Sign in using the credentials, that is the username and password of your Microsoft account
After that, you have to download Minecraft Launcher on your device.
How to Download Minecraft?
After you have logged in to both your Xbox app and Microsoft Store accounts, you now have to download Minecraft again. For this:
- You have to head to the official download page of Minecraft by clicking this link
- After that, click the “Download for Windows 10/11” option
- After clicking on that, the ‘MinecraftInstaller.exe’ will start downloading
- Once the downloading is done, double click the file to launch the Minecraft Launcher
Hopefully, after this, the game will run just fine without the “We were not able to install the app (0x80070057)” error popping up.
If the error persists after doing these steps, you can try downgrading your Minecraft to an older version.
How To Download Windows 7/8 Version?
If the error still pops up after doing all the above-mentioned fixes you might need to downgrade your Minecraft Launcher to an older version, that is for Windows 7 and Windows 8. For this:
- You have to head to the official download page of Minecraft by clicking this link
- After going to the link mentioned above, you have to click on the “Download for Windows 7/8” option.
- After clicking on that, the “MinecraftInstaller.exe” will start downloading
- Once the downloading is concluded, double click the file to launch the Minecraft Launcher
After this, the game will hopefully run just fine without the “We were not able to install the app (0x80070057)” error popping up.
You might still get a pop-up notifying you that the version of your Minecraft launcher is old, and there’s a new and improved launcher available. Simply click cancel and keep using your older launcher to run Minecraft on your device.
Bottom Line
Hopefully, using these above-mentioned methods, you fixed the “We weren’t able to install the app (0x80070057)” error on your device.
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