Hi! I just bought 1.8.8 and I can't open it. When I hit the "Play" button, the Game Output tab opens and it says this:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.<init>(PropertiesUtil.java:71)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.<clinit>(PropertiesUtil.java:31)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger.<clinit>(StatusLogger.java:48)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:44)
at ave.<clinit>(SourceFile:145)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:41)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.ProviderUtil.<clinit>(ProviderUtil.java:70)
... 6 more
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release
Also, in the Launcher Log tab, is this info:
[21:21:30 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.48 (through bootstrap 100) started on windows...
[21:21:30 INFO]: Current time is Oct 12, 2015 9:21:30 PM
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[21:21:30 INFO]: proxy == DIRECT
[21:21:31 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
[21:21:32 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[21:21:32 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[21:21:34 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[21:21:35 INFO]: Loaded 1 profile(s); selected 'Paulgwog'
[21:21:35 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[21:21:35 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[21:21:45 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[21:21:45 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[21:21:45 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 34 files)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.39\realms-1.7.39.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.21\authlib-1.5.21.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[21:21:47 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.001)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.21\authlib-1.5.21.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-platform-2.9.4-nightly-20150209-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\6.5\twitch-platform-6.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.39\realms-1.7.39.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-platform-2.9.4-nightly-20150209-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
[21:21:48 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:02.595)
[21:21:48 INFO]: Launching game
[21:21:48 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8-natives-823518449452
[21:21:49 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[21:21:49 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\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8-natives-823518449452 -cp C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.23.Final\netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.21\authlib-1.5.21.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.39\realms-1.7.39.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[21:21:50 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[21:21:51 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[21:21:52 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[21:21:52 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[21:21:52 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8-natives-823518449452
(sorry for posting the whole thing, but I thought it might help for anyone to offer suggestions of what is happening)
I am a first time user, so I just have the very basic Minecraft (no mods or anything). I am on a refurbished Dell laptop (E6400) running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, Intel(R) core 2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz, 4.00 GB RAM, 64 bit operating system. I can give more details if you are specific, I just copied that info from the properties of My Computer...I don't fully know what all of it means.
I tried to update Java (version 8 I think) and it won't update...some kind of bug on Java's end. I read Java 6 works ok, so I downloaded that version and it said it installed successfully. I can't open Forge (forge-1.8-11.14.3.1450-universal) because it says no program is associated with it; I right click and Open with... but there is no Java option. I browse to the Javaw file, but it sets the association to an Adobe file. I unassociated the file, using a file I found online, but still can't associate the .jar file to Java. I don't even know if I need to install Forge?
I sent a help request to Mojang Help but it sounds like they are a month away from getting to my ticket, so I figured (hoped) I might get faster help here. It's 9:38 PM here, I'll be up late trying to figure this out (or watching Minecraft videos on youtube lol) so please reply with any suggestions.
When I read through the Launcher Log, the first the that jumped out at was that your directory names contain an illegal character ("!").
[21:21:49 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
Java will not properly run with the "!" in the path. Unfortunately for you, that just happens to be your home directory and to fix it, you will either have to create a separate account just to play minecraft (without the "!") or have minecraft run in a directory OUTSIDE of your home folder. It is nothing that Mojang will be able to fix as it is an issue with Java, which is beyond their control.
I did some research into the topic and found this. Other people have has the same issue and were able to resolve it by removing the "!" from the path.
Regarding the issue with File Type Association, I recommend taking a look at this. It will show you how to change File Type Association. You will want your association for .jar to look something like this:
To get to here, first open up Control Panel
1) Hold Down [WIN] then hit [R]
2) Type "control" and hit [ENTER]
After that you need to navigate to "Default Programs" then to "Associate a file type or protocol with a program".
From there, scroll down until you see "Executable Jar File" in the description column.
Now, click on the row then the "Change program..." button.
After that, you need to either locate "Java(TM) Platform SE Binary" or browse for the java executable which should be located in one of four locations:
32-bit Java Runtime Environment: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre[version]\bin\java.exe"
64-bit Java Runtime Environment: "C:\Program Files\Java\jre[version]\bin\java.exe"
32-bit Java Develpment Kit: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk[version]\bin\java.exe"
64-bit Java Develpment Kit: "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk[version]\bin\java.exe"
Thanks for your reply willies952002, but I got it to work another way.
I found the solution on YouTube. Basically, I had to put "--workDir %ProgramData%\.minecraft" after the default location of the Target in the Properties of the shortcut. Here is the video I watched:
I have no idea what any of it means, but it worked.
Thanks again for your suggestion!
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Hi! I just bought 1.8.8 and I can't open it. When I hit the "Play" button, the Game Output tab opens and it says this:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.<init>(PropertiesUtil.java:71)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil.<clinit>(PropertiesUtil.java:31)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger.<clinit>(StatusLogger.java:48)
at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:44)
at ave.<clinit>(SourceFile:145)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:41)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.ProviderUtil.<clinit>(ProviderUtil.java:70)
... 6 more
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release
Also, in the Launcher Log tab, is this info:
[21:21:30 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.48 (through bootstrap 100) started on windows...
[21:21:30 INFO]: Current time is Oct 12, 2015 9:21:30 PM
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[21:21:30 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[21:21:30 INFO]: proxy == DIRECT
[21:21:31 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
[21:21:32 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[21:21:32 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[21:21:34 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[21:21:35 INFO]: Loaded 1 profile(s); selected 'Paulgwog'
[21:21:35 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[21:21:35 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[21:21:45 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[21:21:45 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[21:21:45 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 34 files)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.39\realms-1.7.39.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
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[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:45 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
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[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
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[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:46 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
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[21:21:47 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[21:21:47 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.001)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
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[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.21\authlib-1.5.21.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-platform-2.9.4-nightly-20150209-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\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)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\6.5\twitch-platform-6.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.39\realms-1.7.39.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
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[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
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[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:21:47 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
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[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-platform-2.9.4-nightly-20150209-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
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[21:21:47 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\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
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[21:21:48 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
[21:21:48 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:02.595)
[21:21:48 INFO]: Launching game
[21:21:48 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8-natives-823518449452
[21:21:49 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[21:21:49 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\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8-natives-823518449452 -cp C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.23.Final\netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.21\authlib-1.5.21.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.7.39\realms-1.7.39.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar;C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[21:21:50 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[21:21:51 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[21:21:52 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[21:21:52 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[21:21:52 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\PaulG!\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.8\1.8.8-natives-823518449452
(sorry for posting the whole thing, but I thought it might help for anyone to offer suggestions of what is happening)
I am a first time user, so I just have the very basic Minecraft (no mods or anything). I am on a refurbished Dell laptop (E6400) running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, Intel(R) core 2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz, 4.00 GB RAM, 64 bit operating system. I can give more details if you are specific, I just copied that info from the properties of My Computer...I don't fully know what all of it means.
I tried to update Java (version 8 I think) and it won't update...some kind of bug on Java's end. I read Java 6 works ok, so I downloaded that version and it said it installed successfully. I can't open Forge (forge-1.8-11.14.3.1450-universal) because it says no program is associated with it; I right click and Open with... but there is no Java option. I browse to the Javaw file, but it sets the association to an Adobe file. I unassociated the file, using a file I found online, but still can't associate the .jar file to Java. I don't even know if I need to install Forge?
I sent a help request to Mojang Help but it sounds like they are a month away from getting to my ticket, so I figured (hoped) I might get faster help here. It's 9:38 PM here, I'll be up late trying to figure this out (or watching Minecraft videos on youtube lol) so please reply with any suggestions.
Can anyone help? Thanks a million!
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Curse PremiumWhen I read through the Launcher Log, the first the that jumped out at was that your directory names contain an illegal character ("!").
Java will not properly run with the "!" in the path. Unfortunately for you, that just happens to be your home directory and to fix it, you will either have to create a separate account just to play minecraft (without the "!") or have minecraft run in a directory OUTSIDE of your home folder. It is nothing that Mojang will be able to fix as it is an issue with Java, which is beyond their control.
I did some research into the topic and found this. Other people have has the same issue and were able to resolve it by removing the "!" from the path.
Regarding the issue with File Type Association, I recommend taking a look at this. It will show you how to change File Type Association. You will want your association for .jar to look something like this:
To get to here, first open up Control Panel
1) Hold Down [WIN] then hit [R]
2) Type "control" and hit [ENTER]
After that you need to navigate to "Default Programs" then to "Associate a file type or protocol with a program".
From there, scroll down until you see "Executable Jar File" in the description column.
Now, click on the row then the "Change program..." button.
After that, you need to either locate "Java(TM) Platform SE Binary" or browse for the java executable which should be located in one of four locations:
32-bit Java Runtime Environment: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre[version]\bin\java.exe"
64-bit Java Runtime Environment: "C:\Program Files\Java\jre[version]\bin\java.exe"
32-bit Java Develpment Kit: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk[version]\bin\java.exe"
64-bit Java Develpment Kit: "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk[version]\bin\java.exe"
Thanks for your reply willies952002, but I got it to work another way.
I found the solution on YouTube. Basically, I had to put "--workDir %ProgramData%\.minecraft" after the default location of the Target in the Properties of the shortcut. Here is the video I watched:
I have no idea what any of it means, but it worked.
Thanks again for your suggestion!