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And what is it doing on my desktop?

I recently noticed that I had a txt document on my desktop labeled "nativelog.txt" that I didn't put there.

Opening it up, it became obvious that it was a Minecraft generated file, but since I don't use

my desktop for anything Minecraft related, and it's not listed in the profile setting, I just deleted it.

What I found out is that, upon loading the Minecraft launcher, it regenerates this file.

This is what it currently says;

Set run directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft
Native Launcher Version: 284
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
Application Hash: 1be82fe674b28493c997d88dde4371aa0d83c0c3
Application Data directory: C:\Users\MysticJhn\AppData\Roaming
Executable Path: MinecraftLauncher.exe
App Directory dir: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft
Start dir: C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft
Launcher dir: C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft/game
TmpDir dir: C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft/game
Java Launcher hash: 77eb2318ba5a6ef88d2d0a38c02436b32d420740
Java Version: 1.8.0_25
x64: 1
LauncherConfiguration from: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/launcher.json
Downloaded config
Native launcher is current
Native launcher is current
Java launcher is current: 77eb2318ba5a6ef88d2d0a38c02436b32d420740(77eb2318ba5a6ef88d2d0a38c02436b32d420740)
Check to see if we can run the launcher
Native launcher is current
runJavaLauncher
Started application ./runtime/jre-x64/1.8.0_25/bin/java.exe -cp "C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft/game/launcher.jar" net.minecraft.launcher.Main --winTen --nativeLauncherVersion 284
Application still running, assuming all's fine.

Can someone explain to me what this is, why it keeps generating on my desktop, and hot to make it stop?

I don't know what changed, as this file didn't used to create this file and I didn't change any profile settings manually.

I only noticed this a few days ago.

Bumping. I have been having the same issue. While I'm sure the file is benign, I don't particularly want it on my Desktop either, and would like to know if anyone knows the reason it is generated.

Thank you!

Yeah, there's nothing harmful about it for sure, just annoying since I like to keep my desktop clean.

Just a file going to an incorrect directory when it never used to.

I do have a way to fix that and Im gonna post a video about how to get rid and fix it

sorry about that i couldn't post the video but Im gonna tell you the steps. get rid of your minecraft shortcut and nativelog from your desktop. go to windows start the windows button from there u will see minecraft image right click then press pin to taskbar and that should do the trick. The video will be better but i couldn't post it sorry guys

It seems as if this is only a Windows 10 thing. Because I am running windows 10, and upon opening minecraft. The same file came onto my desktop.

I just moved it into a junk folder.

This is what it says...

Set run directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft
Native Launcher Version: 286
Operating System: Windows 10 Home
Application Hash: 8f1d31dfea0301cfa2ca7aaedc34da8e9fa25b31
Application Data directory: C:\Users\Sean.Family-PC.001\AppData\Roaming
Executable Path: MinecraftLauncher.exe
App Directory dir: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft
Start dir: C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft
Launcher dir: C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft/game
TmpDir dir: C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft/game
Java Launcher hash: 77eb2318ba5a6ef88d2d0a38c02436b32d420740
Java Version: 1.8.0_25
x64: 1
LauncherConfiguration from: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/launcher.json
Downloaded config
Native launcher is current
Native launcher is current
Java launcher is current: 77eb2318ba5a6ef88d2d0a38c02436b32d420740(77eb2318ba5a6ef88d2d0a38c02436b32d420740)
Check to see if we can run the launcher
Native launcher is current
runJavaLauncher
Started application ./runtime/jre-x64/1.8.0_25/bin/java.exe -cp "C:/Program Files (x86)/Minecraft/game/launcher.jar" net.minecraft.launcher.Main --winTen --nativeLauncherVersion 286
Application still running, assuming all's fine.

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I just moved it into a junk folder.

Did that stop it from popping up on the desktop every time you started the launcher?
It's really harmless, just an ugly addition to my desktop.

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It seems as if this is only a Windows 10 thing. Because I am running windows 10, and upon opening minecraft. The same file came onto my desktop.

Yup. I'm in Windows 7 and Minecraft generates that file into my desktop too. That didn't happened me before, so maybe some update could be the problem.

Hope to get some help with this because it's so annoying.

(I already fixed it with a clean re-installation).

After a bit of googling and then testing on my own machine, I have found out one thing.

When I use the shortcut to the Minecraft launcher that's on my desktop, nativelog pops up.

When I use the shortcut to the launcher on my start menu, it doesn't bring up nativelog.

I don't get why that happens since Minecraft installed the desktop shortcut itself originally, but that makes a difference.

It never used to happen, though, so something must have changed last time the installer updated.

Are you using the installer version (.msi) or the standalone (.exe) version? I use the latter and the nativelog file appears in the .minecraft folder alongside the launcher itself and the Java runtime folders (I placed Minecraft.exe inside the already existing .minecraft folder from earlier installations. I don't think there's a real difference between these other than that the installer creates shortcuts and installs Minecraft into C:\Program Files).

If it matters, this is what my nativelog contains:

no it happens on my win 10 laptop and win 7 laptop and it seems to happen whenever my sister plays mineplex (she also made minecraft COMPLETELY glitch out and turn weird colors and it was NOT a shader I had to completely delete .minecraft)

I did have this problem. All I did was remade the shortcut for the game.

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Did that stop it from popping up on the desktop every time you started the launcher?
It's really harmless, just an ugly addition to my desktop.

I don't think its just a windows 10 thing, i have it too and i am not on windows ten,

nativelog is just a file needed to launch minecraft.

right-click the icon, and go to 'properties'. From there, just change the 'Start in' to anywhere else, preferably to a folder that is not used for anything.