How do you run the Benchmark tool for Metro Exodus on Microsoft Windowsstore

[TROOPER181st]

i have the game through the Xbox app ( beta) and the game is a part of the free games you can play.. BUT i cant find the game files nor the benchmark ..

does anyone knows ?

[Jig McGalliger]

Usually it's in the game's install directory though I don't know about MS store. Try this, when running the game, open task manager, find the exe, right click, open file location. If that doesn't work, Windows apps are install in the \WindowsApps folder, if you didn't edit the install location of apps, it's C:\Program Files\WindowsApps

You'll have to set yourself as the principal to access that. Though I don't know if you can even access the benchmark from there.

[AngeeSivan2]

Originally posted by TROOPER181st:

i have the game through the Xbox app ( beta) and the game is a part of the free games you can play.. BUT i cant find the game files nor the benchmark ..

does anyone knows ?

I had the same problem. I figured it out. May be you also did. Just helping you. I opened the game went to task manager clicked on game folder it denied access i clicked on security tab suggested on that dialog box, and changed the permission to everyone. If you find any problem, there is a vincent in microsoft support, he helped me gaining access. Please contact microsoft support and ask to access that folder they will help you.

[TROOPER181st]

great ! Thank you!

Originally posted by AngeeSivan2:

Originally posted by TROOPER181st:

i have the game through the Xbox app ( beta) and the game is a part of the free games you can play.. BUT i cant find the game files nor the benchmark ..

does anyone knows ?

I had the same problem. I figured it out. May be you also did. Just helping you. I opened the game went to task manager clicked on game folder it denied access i clicked on security tab suggested on that dialog box, and changed the permission to everyone. If you find any problem, there is a vincent in microsoft support, he helped me gaining access. Please contact microsoft support and ask to access that folder they will help you.

[[e-mail]]

Originally posted by AngeeSivan2:

Originally posted by TROOPER181st:

i have the game through the Xbox app ( beta) and the game is a part of the free games you can play.. BUT i cant find the game files nor the benchmark ..

does anyone knows ?

I had the same problem. I figured it out. May be you also did. Just helping you. I opened the game went to task manager clicked on game folder it denied access i clicked on security tab suggested on that dialog box, and changed the permission to everyone. If you find any problem, there is a vincent in microsoft support, he helped me gaining access. Please contact microsoft support and ask to access that folder they will help you.

Hi ANgee. Im trying to solve this but no sucess so far. I can acess the folder where the file benckmark.exe is, but when i try to run it, i get a message saing that i dont have the required permission.

The folder is DeepSilver.ProjectWindfall_1.0.19.0_x64__hmv7qcest37me, inside WindowsApps folder.

I dont get "suggestion on a security tab" an a dialog box... When i try to run benchmark.exe iit shows a dialog box witout any tips/ suggestions.

Can you, or anyone else help me? I even bought the expansion.

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by [e-mail]:

Hi ANgee. Im trying to solve this but no sucess so far. I can acess the folder where the file benckmark.exe is, but when i try to run it, i get a message saing that i dont have the required permission.

The folder is DeepSilver.ProjectWindfall_1.0.19.0_x64__hmv7qcest37me, inside WindowsApps folder.

I dont get "suggestion on a security tab" an a dialog box... When i try to run benchmark.exe iit shows a dialog box witout any tips/ suggestions.

Can you, or anyone else help me? I even bought the expansion.

How did you get access to the apps folder? It's usually locked down by default, so this suggests you followed a guide to unlock it but didn't set permissions properly.

I used this guide when I wanted access

https://www.maketecheasier.com/access-windowsapps-folder-windows-10/

As they say use at your own risk.

[Addy]

Well you can use the following command to find out the details about Metro Exodus from Windows App Store that you need for the next command:

From elevated PowerShell:

Get-AppxPackage -Name DeepSilver.ProjectWindfall

There you get the PackageFamilyName and Name.

Now you can use the following command within the PowerShell to start a Shell that has the needed permissions to run Benchmark.exe:

Invoke-CommandInDesktopPackage -PackageFamilyName DeepSilver.ProjectWindfall_hmv7qcest37me -AppId DeepSilver.ProjectWindfall -PreventBreakaway -Command "cmd"

As you can see, PackageFamilyName and AppId (which is the Name from the Get-AppxPackage Output above) is needed. With -PreventBreakway, the cmd that is started maintains the permission path for the following commands executed. This is needed because the Benchmark.exe itself wants to start MetroExodus.exe.

Within the cmd, you can now cd into:
cd "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\DeepSilver.ProjectWindfall_1.0.19.0_x64__hmv7qcest37me"

There you can run "Benchmark.exe" in your cmd.
This opens the Benchmark Application.

Unfortunately, I was not able to run any benchmark. Metro Exodus is started but after some time I only get a black screen. For minutes. Maybe I am still missing something... When I run MetroExodus.exe from the cmd or directly from Start Menu or Windows App Store, the game itself works flawless.

[Zhaits]

Any update on this? I'm going crazy, I don't believe it's that difficult to run a benchmark