Minecraft Forums

Hi all, I updated java, since then I can't run minecraft, my java version is "jre-8u11-windows-x64" I run a windows 7 base, upgraded to windows 8 and I get the following message in my launcher log:


[17:20:25 ERROR]: Couldn't launch game
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" (in directory "C:\Users\Papa\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft"): CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_11]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.process.direct.DirectGameProcessFactory.startGame(DirectGameProcessFactory.java:14) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.launchGame(MinecraftGameRunner.java:208) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.onDownloadJobFinished(AbstractGameRunner.java:185) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:122) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_11]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_11]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_11]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_11]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_11]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_11]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_11]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_11]
... 12 more
[17:20:25 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Papa\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.10\1.7.10-natives-84384946937520



Any help would be welcome!

Thanks.

How many Java installations do you have? You say you have Java 8 but the error log says the game is using Java 7.

If you do have Java 8 you should try uninstalling it because from what I have seen, the game does not work with it yet.

Hello, I unistalled Java 8, and installed jre-7u67-windows-x64, and this is the only java on my system. And I get the following message when i try to run the game:


[17:46:13 ERROR]: Couldn't launch game
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" (in directory "C:\Users\Papa\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft"): CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_67]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.process.direct.DirectGameProcessFactory.startGame(DirectGameProcessFactory.java:14) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.launchGame(MinecraftGameRunner.java:208) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.onDownloadJobFinished(AbstractGameRunner.java:185) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:122) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_67]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_67]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_67]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_67]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_67]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_67]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_67]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_67]
... 12 more
[17:46:13 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Papa\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.10\1.7.10-natives-85932593664044

Your game is trying to run Java from the x86 Program Files folder which is for 32 bit programs.

Here is one possible solution I can think of:
In the launcher, click Edit Profile and check if the Java Settings (Advanced) -> Executable field is using the normal Program Files folder. If not, check the box next to it and change "Program Files (x86)" to "Program Files".

If that is not the fix then I'm not sure how else to go about it. Sorry.