Unfortunately, Microsoft says it is not providing any refunds or ways for users to transfer their libraries to other digital video services. However, U.S. users can link select titles to Movies Anywhere, a platform that consolidates digital purchases from participating retailers into a single library.

On the same page, Microsoft directed users to sign up for Movies Anywhere if they aren't already members, which makes purchased content available across platforms, and to shop at other media stores including Amazon's Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

Microsoft is not offering a refund for purchases, either. The closure has been nervously anticipated by Xbox and Windows users ever since Microsoft shut down its Groove Music service in 2017. Microsoft originally launched a movies and TV storefront with the Zune Marketplace in 2006,