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Any way around Xbox PC Game Pass blocking cod.exe game linking to Synapse?


vice86

I had profiles set up for my razer mouse and tararus for a few games but had to manually hit the set up key to change the profiles for each device. Tonight I learned you can link profiles to a game exe so they all load when you boot up the game...GREAT!!! Did it for Helldivers 2..BOOM...works.

Tried setting it up for Call of Duty HQ to play Black Ops 6 and seems it only links to the game launcher...so when the game launches, it switches profiles like it should but once the game itself boots, i lose the link and profile/color goes to default profile.

Tried manually linking the COD.EXE file in the XboxGames folder but ends up telling me “You don’t have permission to open this file”….very dissappointing. Works fine if link it to cod.exe from the Blizzard launcher. So obviously Xbox has a permission set on it….anyway around this?

 

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vice86
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  • April 9, 2025

Like usual...i found a solution after I posted asking for help lol. If anyone else is having this problem, I used UWPHook to add the game to my Steam library. Will show up in the list of games under the LINKED GAMES tab in Synapse...set your devices/profiles and bewm...good to go….launch from Steam.

No issues launching from XGP either but of course the profile/colors wont work launching from there...have to launch from Steam. 


vice86
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  • June 6, 2025
Wlevas wrote:

I had the same issue and just manually added the game's EXE to Synapse through the add app option in the launcher; worked fine after that without any extra steps.

Just tried again...I can now add the cod.exe from C:\XboxGames\Call of Duty\Content\cod.exe but still no go. 

Are you linking from Game Pass or Blizzard? Cuz Blizzard works fine but I play through Game Pass.

If GamePass, can you let me know what your location for the file is? Is it the same as mine?


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