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My computer took a nosedive a couple days ago, and I had to replace a lot of parts, as well as reinstall Windows to recover back to somewhat normal.

I reinstalled Minecraft and, at first, it looked like it was going to listen, but then it crashed the second I clicked "Launch Game."

This is the last error.

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// I'm sorry, Dave.

Time: 1/19/17 12:59 AM
Description: Initializing game

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:247)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at beq.ap(SourceFile:597)
at beq.an(SourceFile:433)
at beq.a(SourceFile:380)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Thread: Client thread
Stacktrace:
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:247)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)
at beq.ap(SourceFile:597)
at beq.an(SourceFile:433)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at beq.a(SourceFile:380)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.11
Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 48681024 bytes (46 MB) / 150872064 bytes (143 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.11
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Using VBOs: Yes
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs:
Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: <unknown>

I uninstalled, removed all traces of the former installation, then reinstalled. Same thing. I ran a repair through the installer, and it got me a message saying, "Unable to start the Runtime Minecraft Environment. This is most likely caused by a corruption. Please try to reinstall Minecraft."

When I do, it goes through the same loop, the installer showing no issues but then getting that error message when I try to boot for the first time.

All my graphics drivers are up to date (as they wouldn't work otherwise). While they're a bit of an older model, they should run just fine, as I've used the old graphics card before on another machine to play Minecraft.

Here are the specs of my machine (since for some reason, my Minecraft can't detect most of it):

Processor: AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor 4.20Ghz

RAM: 2GB

System type: 64-bit

Display Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT

Memory: 2048GB

I did update my Java, assuming that would be the solution (of course, it wasn't).

If anyone has any idea what to do, let me know.

Your graphic cards are out of date

http://hopper.minecraft.net/help/pixel-format-not-accelerated/#win

Just update them by going to the website

Or gives a dxdiag(instructions in that link) if you dont know how

You know what? You were right.

My drivers weren't up to date at all.

I thought they were, that was my mistake.

Thank you! It's running flawlessly now.

/me tips hat