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Hello all,

I'm trying to install Minecraft on my old PC for my son and I keep running into a problem. I downloaded both the .msi and .exe from minecraft.net, it downloads a 40+ mb file, and then gets stuck "Downloading Game Launcher". It gives me the error message and the closes.



Here is a pastebin of my specs: http://pastebin.com/1etYatKY



Java:





and error message:





Any help is greatly appreciated

It seems to me that you may already have some pre-existing Minecraft files laying about. I recall an old problem in which some old minecraft files can conflict with the installation of the current Minecraft launcher. Be sure to delete the ".minecraft" folder from your AppData folder. To get there, simply open up the start button and search 'Run'. Then, in Run, type in: %appdata% and click OK. If there is a .minecraft folder there, delete it and try to install the minecraft launcher again.

Okay first I went into the appdatta folder and deleted the .minecraft. Then I properly deleted the program through command center.



Then I went back to Minecraft.net and downloaded an alternate minecraft.exe which opened up the Minecraft Launcher 1.5.3. I signed in, hit play, and it downloaded a bunch of .ogg files succesfully, then it stalled quite a bit giving me these messages in the launcher log:



[14:06:53 WARN]: Couldn't download http://resources.download.minecraft.net/2c/2c4f3f8f259dc782867727311fea30875ecc3917 for job 'Resources'

java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.assets.AssetDownloadable.download(AssetDownloadable.java:97) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:109) [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_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
[14:06:53 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\objects\95\9528b6a76e7bac64ca1145cc682e8a8448cc04e5 for job 'Resources'... (try 3)

After about 10 minutes of this, it launched 1.8.1 fine.....



So I quit the game, and tried to open it again....



It tries to download the game launcher, stalls and gives me the same "Unable to update the Minecraft Game Launcher"

Hm, looks to be a 503 error. I would try again later (as this essentially means that the server is getting bombarded with download requests from other users). Price of Mojang having such a popular game!

I got this far last night as well, about 2am local time... didn't think it would be 2 days worth of server issues.

This is not a real solution for the problem, but here is what i did to play and at least you should be able to play normally i hope.

Got to the folder "game" in the Minecraft directory example in my computer....

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\game

Then use "launcher.jar" and the normal launcher should be starting and just hit play.

I hope it helps all of you who get this error

Quote from Neurotic»

I'm not sure this is a 503 error, as I've been having this problem for 3 solid days now. I work from home, so I'm able to try very often, and it's still not getting past "Unable to update the Minecraft Game Launcher".

Try using the standalone launcher instead from here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.exe

If it gives you an error log and does not launch the game, please make a new thread here and submit the error log to http://pastie.org then give us the link.