Minecraft for Windows 10
Connecting to external server
Unable to connect to world
To resolve the issue, you need to add the app in question to the Windows 10 loopback exempt list using PowerShell CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt command.
- CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -a -n=”Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe” – add app with the Package Name “Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe” to the loopbakc exempt list.
To find Package Name, you can use the following PowerShell commands:
Get-AppxPackage – List all UWP apps
Get-AppxPackage | Select-String -Pattern “Minecraft” – List all apps that have “Minecraft” in their name.
- CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -d -n=”Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe” – delete app with the Package Name “Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe” from the loopbakc exempt list.
- CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -s – show all apps in the loopback exempt list.
- CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -c clear the loopback exempt list.