Minecraft Forums

Hi,

I just got a new computer for my sister and I'm setting it up prior to Christmas to include all her favorite games. Minecraft is one of the biggest reasons for getting her this new computer, but it seems like it will not work and this is very distressing to me.

This is the Error given when the launcher is started:

Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is Dec 9, 2013 11:17:36 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.2'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_45'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'

Looking for update
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Got reply in: 513ms
No update found.
Reversing LZMA on C:\Users\Elaina the Amazing!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack.lzma to C:\Users\Elaina the Amazing!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack
Unpacking C:\Users\Elaina the Amazing!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack to C:\Users\Elaina the Amazing!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.jar
Cleaning up C:\Users\Elaina the Amazing!\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


Please fix the error and restart.

I have updated Java (both 32 and 64 bit) and the graphics card(s) are up to date, as far as I know. What could be causing this error, and is there anyway to fix it?

The system is running on Windows 8, by the way.

That works. I found another thread with that answer soon after I posted this, but I wanted to keep the thread up just in case it didn't work. Taking the exclamation point out did indeed fix it. Thank you very much for your help.