recently just bought minecraft. I downloaded it then it installed. I clicked on the shortcut on the desktop and then it said "downloading runtime" then "downloading launcher." then a seperate small window says "Unable to update the Minecraft Game Launcher" please help I just bought it and it doesn t work!I'm on a windows 8 and I'm not sure how to disable the firewall and I'm not sure if I have one on either. I'm using the launcher and I can tell you what is in my game files at the moment. I think I might be missing a piece. I went from: This PC: Windows: Program Files (x86): Minecraft. and inside the minecraft folder is game (which is empty), tools (which has NativeUpdater), Minecraft Launcher, and nativelog.
Try deleting the minecraft launcher and the .minecraft folder, go to www.minecraft.net and re-download the launcher. Also, do you have java 7 installed? Java 8 does not work well with minecraft.
Hope this helps!
Edit: webrosc said java 8 works fine with minecraft so nothing to worry about with java.
recently just bought minecraft. I downloaded it then it installed. I clicked on the shortcut on the desktop and then it said "downloading runtime" then "downloading launcher." then a seperate small window says "Unable to update the Minecraft Game Launcher" please help I just bought it and it doesn t work!I'm on a windows 8 and I'm not sure how to disable the firewall and I'm not sure if I have one on either. I'm using the launcher and I can tell you what is in my game files at the moment. I think I might be missing a piece. I went from: This PC: Windows: Program Files (x86): Minecraft. and inside the minecraft folder is game (which is empty), tools (which has NativeUpdater), Minecraft Launcher, and nativelog.
Try deleting the minecraft launcher and the .minecraft folder, go to www.minecraft.net and re-download the launcher. Also, do you have java 7 installed? Java 8 does not work well with minecraft.
Hope this helps!
minecraft works fine with java 8, infact java 8 is recommended to be used and comes pre packaged with the newest launcher
Maybe it does, I haven't had good experiences with java 8 and minecraft, might have to do with something to do with me on a mac, but glad it does work it 8!
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recently just bought minecraft. I downloaded it then it installed. I clicked on the shortcut on the desktop and then it said "downloading runtime" then "downloading launcher." then a seperate small window says "Unable to update the Minecraft Game Launcher" please help I just bought it and it doesn t work!I'm on a windows 8 and I'm not sure how to disable the firewall and I'm not sure if I have one on either. I'm using the launcher and I can tell you what is in my game files at the moment. I think I might be missing a piece. I went from: This PC: Windows: Program Files (x86): Minecraft. and inside the minecraft folder is game (which is empty), tools (which has NativeUpdater), Minecraft Launcher, and nativelog.
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Try deleting the minecraft launcher and the .minecraft folder, go to www.minecraft.net and re-download the launcher. Also, do you have java 7 installed? Java 8 does not work well with minecraft.
Hope this helps!
Edit: webrosc said java 8 works fine with minecraft so nothing to worry about with java.
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Moderatortry the original launcher here https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.exe
minecraft works fine with java 8, infact java 8 is recommended to be used and comes pre packaged with the newest launcher
webrosc,
Maybe it does, I haven't had good experiences with java 8 and minecraft, might have to do with something to do with me on a mac, but glad it does work it 8!
"I wish I was a penguin that could fly on rainbows." - Penguin
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