Cannot start/load multiplayer game

[ApesAmongUs]

PC/Steam

I was playing in my multiplayer world, but my friends was unable to join my game (after having previously played in it using exactly the same set-up).  I tried to restart my game, since this had always previously fixed the problem, but this time I got the "Connected Xbox Network Account Required" pop-up.  I have restarted the game, steam, and my computer, logged out and back into steam, xbox network in a browser, and re-installed and logged out and back into the xbox app, hit F1 multiple times from the menu (spinning circle for a couple of seconds, but no prompt) and then waited overnight, but still the same issue is happening.

Having my friends be randomly kicked while playing was annoying, but being hard stopped from playing at all is much worse.

Edited October 10, 2022 by ApesAmongUs

[Ravingdork]

Why not just sign in at the Xbox Network Account Popup? In all likelihood,  it's just your Microsoft account.

That fixed it for us.

[jumpdownlow]

Try pasting the following address into your file explorer address bar and clearing the app data contents for the game located at 

%LocalAppData%\Maine\