"The email address is already taken. Please choose another one."

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TylerVanKooten

So I have a Microsoft Account that I use for my Xbox. And when I got my Windows 8 laptop it prompted me to use an account, so i'm using my Google account. However, I want my Xbox/Microsoft account to merge with my Google account. Essentially I want to add my Google account as an Alias for my Windows account. However, when I try to add an alias it says: "The email address is already taken. Please choose another one". I'm assuming this is because my Google account already has a Microsoft Account attached to it. Do I have to close my Account attached to my Gmail account or is there any way of merging them?

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