Xbox installer stuck on Making Things Awesome

So I signed up to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and tried to install the Xbox desktop app for Windows PC. I am basically doing this to play Age of Empires :) I didn't know that it would be useful for my Xbox as well since I can remote play and record the video footage with my webcam and microphone!

As I'm installing the app, it seemed to be stuck on a screen with the writing "Making Things Awesome". It certainly took a while to make things awesome - I went for breakfast and watched a whole movie, came back and it was still saying "Making things awesome".

This is what I did to get into the Xbox app finally..

Link to installer here: https://assets.xbox.com/installer/20190628.8/anycpu/XboxInstaller.exe