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Ive been playing minecraft for a long time then one day, when i click play on the new launcher it says this:

Unable to start Java.
Error details: The requested operation requires elevation
Filename on disk: javaw.exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe
Exists: file

I deleted and reinstalled my .minecraft and java.

I downloaded this version of java:

Release date July 26, 2017

When i downloaded the old launcher, it works normally.

I want to use the new launcher because its more convenient to change skins there and i change skins alot.

It worked, thanks

It happened again!

Yesterday, when i right clicked Minecraft then clicked 'run as administrator' it worked fine.

Today, when I tried opening minecraft it said this again:

Error details: The requested operation requires elevation
Filename on disk: javaw.exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe
Exists: file

I right clicked Minecraft and clicked 'run as administrator' again, but it still wont launch.