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Hi, I hope someone can help. I purchased Minecraft for my sons in December and we continue to have the same problem and have not been able to use it. My operating system is Windows 8, I have the latest version of Java and Minecraft 1.8.1. The program launches and opens and they can begin to play but after a minute or 2, it crashes and the error message is "Java (TM) Platform SE binary has stopped working. In the log details it says "Exit code 255".

The other details are:
[12:20:32 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.11 (through bootstrap 100) started on windows...
[12:20:32 INFO]: Current time is Feb 16, 2015 12:20:32 PM
[12:20:32 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows Vista'
[12:20:32 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.0'
[12:20:32 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[12:20:32 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[12:20:32 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[12:20:32 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[12:20:32 INFO]: proxy == DIRECT
[12:20:32 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
[12:20:32 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[12:20:32 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[12:20:34 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[12:20:34 INFO]: Loaded 3 profile(s); selected 'zultboys2013'
[12:20:34 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[12:20:34 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[12:20:37 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[12:20:37 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[12:20:37 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 31 files)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.17\authlib-1.5.17.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.23.Final\netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:37 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[12:20:38 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.000)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.23.Final\netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\6.5\twitch-platform-6.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.8\realms-1.7.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.17\authlib-1.5.17.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.8\realms-1.7.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\6.5\twitch-platform-6.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:38 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:39 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[12:20:39 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
[12:20:39 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:02.034)
[12:20:39 INFO]: Launching game
[12:20:39 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1-natives-189595751556619
[12:20:39 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[12:20:39 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 -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1-natives-189595751556619 -cp C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.23.Final\netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.17\authlib-1.5.17.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.8\realms-1.7.8.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar;C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[12:20:39 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[12:20:40 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[12:22:29 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 255)
[12:22:29 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[12:22:29 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1-natives-189595751556619
[12:22:29 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.1\1.8.1-natives-189595751556619 - scheduling for deletion upon exit


Has anyone else had this problem and has overcome it? Can anyone help us with this problem? My boys are so sad, they love minecraft but cannot play it in their own home.

Thanks,
mike

Two things could help. Assuming you left your MC launcher to stay open or you're able to go back to it after the crash, either get the crash report and post, or post the game output (last tab on the launcher). The launcher log is good but the error 255 is rather vague (http://hopper.minecraft.net/help/exit-code/) and used whenever status is greater than 255.
Also, other than game output and/or crash report, what is he doing at the moment of the crash?

Hi and thanks for the reply. They never get to do anything - as soon as it launches the world it builds the terrain and opens up to play and immediately shuts down and gives the Java error message. I've tried removing the software and re-downloading for both Minecraft and Java, but it still does the same thing. I'm lost. I've asked some friends to try and help and all with no success.

K gimme the game output or even better, crash report if you have it.

Please start a separate thread, don't hijack another's.

Not a problem. when you go to modded client support board, you'll see on top right one of the green buttons should say New Thread. Press it, give it a title, and post