Had the game running in the summer, but doesn't work any longer. I have updated Java many times, uninstalled etc., but the game refuses to run. Have disabled the firewall/virus prot as well. Thanks much in advance if anyone can help! Here is what I get when trying to load the game:
Bootstrap (v5) Current time is Nov 28, 2014 6:00:10 PM System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8' System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.2' System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86' System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_67' System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation' System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. 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)
Bootstrap (v5) Current time is Nov 28, 2014 6:00:10 PM System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8' System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.2' System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86' System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_67' System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation' System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10) Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target Recognized exception: the likely cause is a set of broken/missing root-certificates. Check your java install and perhaps reinstall it. 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.