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my minecraft isnt working! i keep trying but i keep getting the same thing!

Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

please help! i have no idea what this means! i couldnt play for about a month cuzz of this! what do i do? please please please help!

Have You tried Deleting your .Minecraft?

Simple, delete your whole .minecraft and then redownload the game. If this does not work, consider updating your java. That is all I can think of.

Upload your full error log.

Downgrade to the latest service patch of Java 6. Some machines are glitching with Java 7.

I'm getting this same error message, however, a lot changed on my computer from when it was working, to when it isn't. I had been complaining about my computer's slowness to my roommate, and he agreed to see what he could do about it, and here is what he did:

Replaced AVG Free antivirus with a paid for Avast! antivirus

Replaced Free Download Manager with BitComet

Replaced Google Chrome with Mozilla Firefox (no, I have no browsers open)

And added Razer Game Booster

I have heard that Minecraft has some problems with Avast!, but I'm afraid to go back to the limited free version of AVG. But, I <3 Minecraft, so I guess I'll have to do something.

UPDATE: Was uninstalling Java (again) and it suddenly stopped to tell my I still had a program running that was using Java called jqs.exe. I had no other programs that I knew of running, so I instantly thought it was a virus. But when I did scan (with Avast!), it came up with nothing. Any idea of what this is?

well i have re-downloaded minecraft. i don't know how to backdate to java 6. and i kinda want to do as little download or instalation as possible. btw that was the full error log. and i dont know how to update java either.

um... i am only 13 and i dont know mutch about programing. plus this is my mom's computer. but i will recomend it to my parents. thanks. i'll try it.

ok we rebooted the computer, un instaled and then instaled minecraft, and updated java. its still doing it. now what?

i realy need help it keeps doing the error and i dont know how to fix it. what do i do?

If you have windows, try finding out whether it is a 32-bit or 64-bit system. These are just designations for how the processor handles RAM.

To find out go to Control Panel, then System and Security, from there you should be able to find a menu option to describe your system's processing speed and memory capacity, this will be different depending on your version of windows.

You will have to uninstall your current java, reinstall it from here: http://java.com/en/, then install the Java JRE specific to your system type.

For 32-bit go here: http://www.filehippo...ownload_jre_32/

For 64-bit go here: http://www.filehippo...ownload_jre_64/