Hello Everyone, I am having a Java issue (I believe).
Symptoms: Minecraft launcher runs, I press play and it checks for updates and begins to load. Then NOTHING... I scrolled over to the Launcher Log and I found this little tidbit
17:34:15 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[17:34:15 INFO]: Half command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -Xms1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-57734256943829 -cp C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar;C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[17:34:15 ERROR]: Couldn't launch game
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe" (in directory "C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft"): CreateProcess error=3, The system cannot find the path specified
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.process.direct.DirectGameProcessFactory.startGame(DirectGameProcessFactory.java:14) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.5]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.launchGame(MinecraftGameRunner.java:208) [launcher.jar:1.6.5]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.onDownloadJobFinished(AbstractGameRunner.java:186) [launcher.jar:1.6.5]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:122) [launcher.jar:1.6.5]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:1.6.5]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:1.6.5]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_25]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=3, The system cannot find the path specified
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:386) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:137) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
... 11 more
[17:34:15 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Asus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-57734256943829
What should I do?
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate
Java Version : ?? When i try to go to the Java Control Panel it can find the path to where java is installed after a fresh uninstall/reinstall of the latest version. Even when I go and try to update java i keep getting a 1603 error at the install wizard.
any help or direction is greatly appreciated, i just want the ability to play MC again...
You need to completely reinstall Java. Go to Uninstall a Program in Control Panel and remove anything that lists Java in the name. Then, go to http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and download the Windows Offline (64-bit) installer and install Java. Then, try running Minecraft again.
Symptoms: Minecraft launcher runs, I press play and it checks for updates and begins to load. Then NOTHING... I scrolled over to the Launcher Log and I found this little tidbit
What should I do?
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate
Java Version : ?? When i try to go to the Java Control Panel it can find the path to where java is installed after a fresh uninstall/reinstall of the latest version. Even when I go and try to update java i keep getting a 1603 error at the install wizard.
any help or direction is greatly appreciated, i just want the ability to play MC again...
You need to completely reinstall Java. Go to Uninstall a Program in Control Panel and remove anything that lists Java in the name. Then, go to http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and download the Windows Offline (64-bit) installer and install Java. Then, try running Minecraft again.Edit: Nevermind, saw the rest of your post. Try looking through the solutions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2918614 (as referenced at https://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_1603.xml, which describes your error)