I use mods, and i was going through my versions folder and noticed a lot of old optifine and forge versions i no longer use. I've deleted them, and now when i open my launcher, it is stuck on loading versions. It looks like this. Any fix?
Did you check the launcher log? It may be because it is trying to download a missing file, which it can't because modded versions don't exist on Mojang's servers, although in my experience it only tries to download missing files when you try to play.
You could try deleting the "launcher_profiles.json" file, which will delete all of your profiles but those can be recreated, or even try editing it to remove any profiles that reference deleted versions. For example, this is one of my profiles as seen in the json; delete everything as shown including the comma separating the list of profiles:
I use mods, and i was going through my versions folder and noticed a lot of old optifine and forge versions i no longer use. I've deleted them, and now when i open my launcher, it is stuck on loading versions. It looks like this. Any fix?
Did you check the launcher log? It may be because it is trying to download a missing file, which it can't because modded versions don't exist on Mojang's servers, although in my experience it only tries to download missing files when you try to play.
You could try deleting the "launcher_profiles.json" file, which will delete all of your profiles but those can be recreated, or even try editing it to remove any profiles that reference deleted versions. For example, this is one of my profiles as seen in the json; delete everything as shown including the comma separating the list of profiles:
"TMCW": { "name": "TMCW", "gameDir": "C:\\Users\\-\\AppData\\Roaming\\.minecraft2", "lastVersionId": "TMCWv3", "javaDir": "C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\bin\\javaw.exe", "javaArgs": "-Xmx768M -Xms768M -Xss1024K", "launcherVisibilityOnGameClose": "close launcher when game starts" },TheMasterCaver's First World - possibly the most caved-out world in Minecraft history - includes world download.
TheMasterCaver's World - my own version of Minecraft largely based on my views of how the game should have evolved since 1.6.4.
Why do I still play in 1.6.4?
Now it just gives me an infinite loading screen. I guess I'll just have to go back and deal with the cluttered versions.