HRESULT XGameSaveInitializeProvider(  
         XUserHandle requestingUser,  
         const char* configurationId,  
         bool syncOnDemand,  
         XGameSaveProviderHandle* provider  
)  

// SYNC Init - should not be called on time sensitive thread 
//             as this will block until the operation is complete 
void Sample::_InitializeSync() 
{ 
    HRESULT hr; 
    XGameSaveProviderHandle provider = nullptr; 
    hr = XGameSaveInitializeProvider(this->_xalUser, "SERVICE_CONFIG_ID-DEADBEEF0123", false, &provider); 
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) 
    { 
        this->_provider = provider; 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        _HandleInitializeErrors(this->_xalUser, hr); 
    } 
} 
 
// handle initialization errors  
void Sample::_HandleInitializeErrors(XUserHandle userContext, HRESULT hr) 
{ 
    switch (hr) 
    { 
    case E_GS_USER_CANCELED: 
        printf("User %p canceled initialization hr=0x%08x\n", userContext, hr); 
        break; 
    case E_GS_USER_NOT_REGISTERED_IN_SERVICE: 
        printf("User %p has no service registration\n", userContext); 
        break; 
    /* NOTE These should only be seen if there is a configuration issue */ 
    case E_GS_NO_ACCESS: 
    case E_GS_NO_SERVICE_CONFIGURATION: 
        printf("Problems with Service Configuration registration\n"); 
        break; 
    case S_OK: 
        break; 
    default: 
        printf("Unknown initialization error for User %p hr=0x%08X\n", userContext, hr); 
    } 
}