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this comes up when i try to launch minecraft

---- Minecraft Crash Report -------- Minecraft Crash Report ----// On the bright side, I bought you a teddy bear!
Time: 8/12/18 4:58 PMDescription: 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 ave.ap(SourceFile:534) at ave.am(SourceFile:363) at ave.a(SourceFile:310) 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:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Head --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 ave.ap(SourceFile:534) at ave.am(SourceFile:363)
-- Initialization --Details:Stacktrace: at ave.a(SourceFile:310) at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
-- System Details --Details: Minecraft Version: 1.8.7 Operating System: Windows 10 (x86) version 10.0 CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz Java Version: 1.8.0_181, Oracle Corporation Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation Memory: 51149240 bytes (48 MB) / 102703104 bytes (97 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB) JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0 Launched Version: 1.8.7 LWJGL: 2.9.4 OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread. GL Caps: Using VBOs: No 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)

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