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Welp, basically I got a new(ish) computer and downloaded minecraft, ran it, and this is the message I got:

Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is Oct 28, 2013 9:34:23 AM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.2'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'

Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Got reply in: 590ms
Downloaded 440.0kb in 0s at 773.0kb/s
Renaming C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack.lzma.new to C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack.lzma
Renamed successfully.
Reversing LZMA on C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack.lzma to C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack
Unpacking C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack to C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.jar
Cleaning up C:\Users\Woooo!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack
Starting launcher.
FATAL ERROR: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.<init>(PropertiesUtil.java:71)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.<clinit>(PropertiesUtil.java:31)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger.<clinit>(StatusLogger.java:48)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:44)
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher.<clinit>(Launcher.java:58)
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 net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.startLauncher(Bootstrap.java:240)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:124)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:381)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.ProviderUtil.<clinit>(ProviderUtil.java:70)
... 12 more

No idea what any of that means, unfortunately, soooooo here I am. Anybody got any suggestions?

I run Windows 8 x64 with AMD Radeon HD 7640G integrated graphics, if that matters. I have up-to-date drivers and recently rebooted my PC, so that's probably not the problem.

I've seen plenty of similar posts on here, but none with the same exact error as me. I didn't want to sift through ALL of them, so if this is basically a repost, I'm sorry. If said other post(s) DOES have a solution, maybe provide a link too? Please?

Thanks!

See http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2068299-can-someone-please-help-me-fix-my-minecraft-launcher

Quote from gerbil

See http://www.minecraft...ecraft-launcher

Thank you so much! ^ ^