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I downloaded the new client and this happened when I tried to start it
Bootstrap started
FATAL ERROR: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: address
at java.net.InetAddress.init(Native Method)
at java.net.InetAddress.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.SeedGenerator$1.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.SeedGenerator$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.provider.SeedGenerator.getSystemEntropy(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.SecureRandom$SeederHolder.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.SecureRandom.engineNextBytes(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureRandom.next(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Random.nextInt(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.engineInit(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl$DefaultSSLContext.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.security.Provider$Service.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultSSLSocketFactory(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.Handler.openConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.openConnection(Unknown Source)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Downloader.getConnection(Downloader.java:142)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Downloader.run(Downloader.java:46)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:79)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:364)

Please fix the error and restart.

Please help me I have no idea what this means, also I tried the other client and nothing happened after I tried the Technic client and again nothing happened. Help Please, Thanks

try this (WINDOWS Solution ONLY)
grab the fresh devclient (exe)
download to a NEW folder
Is it possible to have my .minecraft folder in another location?
YES!!! You can even choose where it goes!
HERE IS HOW: (WINDOWS SOLUTION ONLY)
Use a batch file to allow minecraft to quickly and easily install into an empty folder.

make a new text document and name it "minecraft.txt" open it with notepad and type the code in red.
set appdata=%CD%
minecraftdev.exe

Place the newly created minecraft.txt and the minecraftdev.exe files into a new folder. rename the extension "minecraft.txt" to "minecraft.bat"
activate the batch file... First run will be slow... new folders are being generated.
second activation wont create new folders but you must use the batch file to launch minecraft.exe every time.
otherwise it will load the default application data folder.