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Whenever I open my minecraft it says this:

Bootstrap (v5) Current time is Oct 16, 2014 8:15:58 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_51' System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation' System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'

Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10) Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create Unable to download remote file. Check your internet connection/proxy settings. FATAL ERROR: net.minecraft.bootstrap.FatalBootstrapError: Unable to download while being forced at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:95) at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:381)

Please fix the error and restart.



I don't know what to do and I really need help. I've tried deleting minecraft and reinstalling, but it doesn't work.