[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.8\launchwrapper-1.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Couldn't connect to server (responded with 403) but have local file, assuming it's good
[19:41:40 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[19:41:40 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965-natives-9558633674777
[19:41:40 ERROR]: Couldn't unpack natives!
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965-natives-9558633674777\OpenAL64.dll (The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_45]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_45]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_45]
at net.minecraft.launcher.GameLauncher.unpackNatives(GameLauncher.java:497) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.GameLauncher.launchGame(GameLauncher.java:215) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.GameLauncher.onDownloadJobFinished(GameLauncher.java:627) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:120) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:89) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
After the green bar fills up on the launcher, I am left with a dimmed play button.
I use the latest version of optifine and the latest version of forge.
I also run pixelmon using forge.
I have actually fixed it (TEMPORARILY), with the following steps:
1.Grab texture pack, mods, servers, saves, etc
2.Delete .minecraft folder
3.Open minecraft, create new minecraft folder
4.Re-Download forge and optifine
5. Paste in texture packs, mods, servers and saves
and the launcher works!
But, every time I shut down or log out of my computer (and log back on), the launcher breaks again.
Does anybody know how to fix this problem? Thanks!
[19:41:36 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[19:41:36 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.3.11 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...
[19:41:36 INFO]: Current time is Apr 20, 2014 7:41:36 PM
[19:41:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8'
[19:41:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.2'
[19:41:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
[19:41:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_45'
[19:41:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[19:41:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
[19:41:36 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[19:41:36 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[19:41:36 INFO]: Loaded 3 profile(s); selected 'Forge'
[19:41:36 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[19:41:36 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[19:41:39 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[19:41:39 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[19:41:39 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 22 files)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.8\launchwrapper-1.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:39 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[19:41:40 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.000)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.8\launchwrapper-1.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[19:41:40 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Couldn't connect to server (responded with 403) but have local file, assuming it's good
[19:41:40 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:01.063)
[19:41:40 INFO]: Launching game
[19:41:40 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[19:41:40 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965-natives-9558633674777
[19:41:40 ERROR]: Couldn't unpack natives!
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\lucin_000\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.965-natives-9558633674777\OpenAL64.dll (The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_45]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_45]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_45]
at net.minecraft.launcher.GameLauncher.unpackNatives(GameLauncher.java:497) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.GameLauncher.launchGame(GameLauncher.java:215) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.GameLauncher.onDownloadJobFinished(GameLauncher.java:627) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:120) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:89) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_45]
After the green bar fills up on the launcher, I am left with a dimmed play button.
I use the latest version of optifine and the latest version of forge.
I also run pixelmon using forge.
I have actually fixed it (TEMPORARILY), with the following steps:
1.Grab texture pack, mods, servers, saves, etc
2.Delete .minecraft folder
3.Open minecraft, create new minecraft folder
4.Re-Download forge and optifine
5. Paste in texture packs, mods, servers and saves
and the launcher works!
But, every time I shut down or log out of my computer (and log back on), the launcher breaks again.
Does anybody know how to fix this problem? Thanks!
UPDATE: Minecraft works fine on my desktop, but I would prefer it to work on my laptop.
Anybody know how to fix this issue?
.