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Quote from HJM4

i also have this problem i have the full version of minecraft and i am trying to dowload mods but i dont have a minecraft.jar folder, when i tryed to find it i typed in %appdata% in the start menu then clicked on .minecraft then bin and the only files there are (natives), (jinput), (lwjgl), (lwjgl_util),(md5s),(minecraft),(minecraft-1.2.5) and (version) and it wont let me open any of themanyway it says A JAVA EXCEPTION HAS OCCURED and the only option to do there is click O.K

the 'minecraft' file is your .jar that minecraft runs on. to open it u need 7-zip or WinRar

7-zip
WinRar

i sure hope this helped.

Quote from cinder1992

Sounds like Windows is hiding the .jar extention on your files

Go into Control pannel -> Folder options, and then open the "Veiw" tab

Scroll down to "Hide extensions for known file types" and UNCHECK it, this will tell windows "Hey, stop hiding my .jar extensions! I want to know what I file is before I modify it!"

Don't forget to hit Apply, then OK.

man, i logged in JUST to say THANK YOU! this helped me and ended all my frustration before i roundhouse kicked my pc ^.^ i love you and NO HOMO

I have the exact same problem and nothing has worked

Quote from HJM4

I also have this problem I have the full version of minecraft and am trying to download mods but i don't have a minecraft.jar folder, when i tried to find it i typed in %appdata% in the start menu then clicked on .minecraft then bin and the only files there are (natives), (jinput), (lwjgl), (lwjgl_util),(md5s),(minecraft),(minecraft-1.2.5) and (version) and it wont let me open any of them anyway it says A JAVA EXCEPTION HAS OCCURRED and the only option to do there is click O.K

First of all, see the file I put in bold in the quote? That's the minecraft.jar. And you can't open them because you need 7 zip or WinRAR to do that.

Quote from coyote47713

how

didn't work

Oh my god, you make a screenshot of your bin file by simply going into the bin file, opening it, then pressing CTRL and PRTSC at the same time (if your keyboard has a FN key, do that instead of CTRL), then going into Paint and click Paste and then save the image and then upload it to Imgur (www.imgur.com). How you upload an image to Imgur is by clicking the arrow in a cloud button and then click browse your computer. Then you go into pictures and then click the picture of your bin. Then start the upload and then when you see your picture, copy the website and post it here so we can see if you have a minecraft.jar, and I believe you do have one or else you wouldn't be able to play Minecraft.

I have a mac and ive been to multiple forums and watched many videos but nothing has worked for this problem could someone please help?

Quote from bjar99

I have a mac and ive been to multiple forums and watched many videos but nothing has worked for this problem could someone please help?

Don't know much about mac but refer to this section in the mac guide.

thank you so much this worked

I'm having the same problem but i can't even find the bin folder it's not there

That's because you posted in an old thread that is now obsolete due to the new launcher.
The game jar is no longer ".minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar" now it is ".minecraft/versions/<someversion>/<someversion>.jar"

like ".minecraft/versions/1.6.2/1.6.2.jar"

thanks

coyote47713,
I have the exact same problem!

Simply buy the game. On Minecraftforum we only support people with the full version of Minecraft.

Quote from coyote47713

I am unable to find a minecraft.jar file can someone please help me get one

there is no bin folder when I look in my .minecraft people said it was in versions but I found nothing

Quote from gerbil

That's because you posted in an old thread that is now obsolete due to the new launcher.
The game jar is no longer ".minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar" now it is ".minecraft/versions/<someversion>/<someversion>.jar"

like ".minecraft/versions/1.6.2/1.6.2.jar"

I cant find it in my 1.6.2 folder it only says 1.6.2 and 1.6.2 jsonI loked in my versions folder I found 1.6.2 folder I went through that and only found.... 1.6.2&
1.6.2json

Quote from wookiewaffle

I loked in my versions folder I found 1.6.2 folder I went through that and only found.... 1.6.2&
1.6.2json

It should be called just "1.6.2". By default, Windows hides file extensions of known formats, so "1.6.2.jar" will be shown as "1.6.2".

Quote from PrototypeAlpha

Post a screenshot of your .minecraft/bin folder please?

[img]http://i.imgur.com/OYtmF3Y.png[/img][IMG]

All I have is my backups folder