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i got a new computer and installed minecraft on it. it worked fine when i was playing vanilla but when i installed and played forge it wouldnt load. i got no crash reports or anything. the launcher would just close when i pressed play and minecraft never loaded. i tried on technic with a modpack and it still didnt load. i deleted meta inf and forge installed corectly(im using 1.7.2 and windows 8 if that helps)

Can you take what the launcher log says and post it? Also, are you using mods with forge?

it doesnt say anything at all

and yes i am using forge

Launcher log will say something, even if it is a few lines. That big text column on your MC launcher? Post it after the game fails to start.

I dont know where it is, but in the launcher, chose Edit Profile, look for Launcher Visibility, click the box, and chose Hide launcher and re-open when game closes. This is just making sure that the launcher comes back when your game is closed, or crashed,

Also, what mods do you have installed? They might be the problem.

Quote from zohar101»

Launcher log will say something, even if it is a few lines. That big text column on your MC launcher? Post it after the game fails to start.

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[18:47:30 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.5.3 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...
[18:47:30 INFO]: Current time is Dec 1, 2014 6:47:30 PM
[18:47:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8.1'
[18:47:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.3'
[18:47:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
[18:47:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[18:47:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[18:47:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
[18:47:30 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
[18:47:32 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[18:47:33 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[18:47:35 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[18:47:36 INFO]: Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'angelkitten1'
[18:47:36 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[18:47:36 INFO]: Logging in with access token
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Since you're doing 1.7.2 and that's java v8, that's not going to work. Install java 7, hit edit profile, and under JVM executable path point your java to your newly installed java 7 file instead of java 8.
Or if you have no clue what I'm talking about, uninstall java 8 and install java 7.

Quote from zohar101»

Since you're doing 1.7.2 and that's java v8, that's not going to work. Install java 7, hit edit profile, and under JVM executable path point your java to your newly installed java 7 file instead of java 8.
Or if you have no clue what I'm talking about, uninstall java 8 and install java 7.

Yes, I dont think any type of java 8 works with this. Right?

It's forge actually that needs a fix for this and then it works fine with java 8. But that gets even more complicated, trying to instruct people how apply the fix. People mostly end up swapping java versions because that's easiest for them so whatever works.

I have found java 7 better and more easily compatible with programs it uses than any other version so im sticking with it for the long run or untill i have to update.

Quote from zohar101»

Since you're doing 1.7.2 and that's java v8, that's not going to work. Install java 7, hit edit profile, and under JVM executable path point your java to your newly installed java 7 file instead of java 8.
Or if you have no clue what I'm talking about, uninstall java 8 and install java 7.

i dont know what version will work on windows 8 besides v8 and i wont be able to downgrade until january

All versions will work on windows 8. But if it's a work computer and you don't have admin privileges to change it, you can try the Forge java fix which technically should enable that forge to work with java 8:

https://github.com/LexManos/LegacyJavaFixer

thanks i downloaded java 7 and its working