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i tried to launch minecraft today, to test my texture pack, and when i clicked play, it downloaded something really quick, and remained on the start screen. so i closed and re-opened minecraft, the same thing happened. I restarted my laptop, no effect.

pls help i just wanna play pixelmon.

http://imgur.com/AFZp6WL <this is what it looks like

Can you give us a log

[17:24:42 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.13 (through bootstrap 100) started on windows...
[17:24:42 INFO]: Current time is Jul 6, 2015 5:24:42 PM
[17:24:42 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 8.1'
[17:24:42 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.3'
[17:24:42 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[17:24:42 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[17:24:42 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[17:24:42 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[17:24:42 INFO]: proxy == DIRECT
[17:24:42 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
[17:24:43 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[17:24:43 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[17:24:45 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[17:24:46 INFO]: Loaded 3 profile(s); selected 'Girrafe5000'
[17:24:46 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[17:24:46 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[17:24:54 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[17:24:54 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[17:24:54 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 22 files)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\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)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.8\launchwrapper-1.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 ERROR]: Couldn't download resources
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\indexes\legacy.json (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.openOutputStream(FileUtils.java:367) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(FileUtils.java:1928) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(FileUtils.java:1962) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.MinecraftVersionManager.getResourceFiles(MinecraftVersionManager.java:269) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.MinecraftVersionManager.downloadResources(MinecraftVersionManager.java:248) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.downloadRequiredFiles(AbstractGameRunner.java:123) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.downloadRequiredFiles(MinecraftGameRunner.java:92) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.playGame(AbstractGameRunner.java:110) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.GameLaunchDispatcher$1.run(GameLaunchDispatcher.java:111) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_25]
[17:24:55 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[17:24:55 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.002)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.1345\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.1345.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.8\launchwrapper-1.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\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
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\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
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\4.1\asm-all-4.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\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
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\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
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[17:24:55 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.1345\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.1345.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Couldn't connect to server (responded with 403) but have local file, assuming it's good
[17:24:55 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.952)
[17:24:55 INFO]: Launching game
[17:24:55 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.1345\1.6.4-Forge9.11.1.1345-natives-2904336915334
[17:24:55 INFO]: Reconstructing virtual assets folder at C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\virtual\legacy
[17:24:56 ERROR]: Couldn't unpack natives!
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\virtual\legacy\.lastused (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.openOutputStream(FileUtils.java:367) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(FileUtils.java:1928) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(FileUtils.java:1962) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.reconstructAssets(MinecraftGameRunner.java:271) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.launchGame(MinecraftGameRunner.java:119) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.onDownloadJobFinished(AbstractGameRunner.java:186) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:122) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$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]

im pretty sure thats what a log is. correct me if im wrong

Try running Minecraft as admin

it didnt work, the same thing happened. :/

[17:24:56 ERROR]: Couldn't unpack natives!
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Andru\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\virtual\legacy\.lastused (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.openOutputStream(FileUtils.java:367) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(FileUtils.java:1928) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(FileUtils.java:1962) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.reconstructAssets(MinecraftGameRunner.java:271) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.launchGame(MinecraftGameRunner.java:119) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.onDownloadJobFinished(AbstractGameRunner.java:186) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:122) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:1.6.13]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$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]

maybe this last bit has something to do with it?

Try deleting the .minecraft folder (make sure to back up your worlds/servers first) and run the Minecraft launcher as admin again.

ok, minecraft is running properly again.