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I'm not able to launch minecraft anymore. It shows the error: pixle format not accelerated

The detailed error report was:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Oops.

Time: 9/20/17 5:24 PM
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 bib.at(SourceFile:635)
at bib.aq(SourceFile:458)
at bib.a(SourceFile:404)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:123)

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 bib.at(SourceFile:635)
at bib.aq(SourceFile:458)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at bib.a(SourceFile:404)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:123)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.12.2
Operating System: Windows 10 (x86) version 10.0
Java Version: 1.8.0_144, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 48559816 bytes (46 MB) / 151400448 bytes (144 MB) up to 523501568 bytes (499 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.12.2
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>

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A description of the system report is given here:https://paste.ubuntu.com/25579108/

Did you just recently update to windows 10? If so, most likely your video drivers are no longer compatible, see this to update your drivers:

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

If you don't know what graphics chip you have, see this

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

Follow the instructions exactly and post the paste link back here in a reply and we can tell you what graphics chip you have and proceed from there.

Your computer does not meet Minecraft's system requirements https://help.mojang.com/customer/en/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements