[MC-102741] crashes on opening

minecraft should launch
it crashes and reverts back to the 'game output' tab of the launcher screen
with

09:19:24 FATAL]: Fatal error launching game. Report this to http://bugs.mojang.com please!
com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:176) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.61]

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minecraft launch error.txt

Comments 14

carol brogden 2016-05-29T11:24:59Z

windows 10 home version 1511

carol brogden 2016-05-29T11:26:45Z

java version 8 update 91 (build 1.8.0)91-b15)

DarkShadow_TNT 2016-05-29T13:02:25Z

It works fine for me with Java 8 update 77. Maybe Java 8 Update 91 triggers the crash. FYI: I'm also on Windows 10 Home 1511.

violine1101 2016-05-29T13:42:32Z

I guess it is a network issue or a version's configuration file (json) is corrupted. But if it isn't, this belongs to the Minecraft Launcher bugtracker (MCL).

carol brogden 2016-05-30T11:13:00Z

ok 🙂 how do I go back to Java 8 update 77? found it! I have the same problem tho - I reinstalled minecraft as well - still crashes - same message

4 more comments

DarkShadow_TNT 2016-05-30T14:14:30Z

Hmm... Is it also possible for you to delete the complete 1.9.4 Minecraft version file and reinstall that one? If it only affects this version, it might be something that's wrong in the 1.9.4 file.

carol brogden 2016-05-30T17:34:10Z

ok, tried that but still saying the same problem 😞

violine1101 2016-05-30T17:54:19Z

Same or similar error message as in MC-40537 and MC-75309.

carol brogden 2016-05-30T20:50:36Z

tried MC-75309 advice of deleting all but saves but still crashed:
[21:46:22 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:01:50.165)
[21:46:22 INFO]: Launching game
[21:46:22 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.9.4\1.9.4-natives-6277711172417
[21:46:22 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[21:46:22 INFO]: Half command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M -Dos.name=Windows 10 -Dos.version=10.0 -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.9.4\1.9.4-natives-6277711172417 -cp C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\netty\1.6\netty-1.6.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\jna\3.4.0\jna-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.23.Final\netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.22\authlib-1.5.22.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.8.19\realms-1.8.19.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\it\unimi\dsi\fastutil\7.0.12_mojang\fastutil-7.0.12_mojang.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar;C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.9.4\1.9.4.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[21:46:23 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[21:46:23 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[21:46:24 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[21:46:24 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[21:46:24 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.9.4\1.9.4-natives-6277711172417

violine1101 2016-05-30T21:21:24Z

Which is a different issue. But that's no crash report, that's the launcher output. You find the crash report at {{C:\Users\Carol\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\crash-reports}}. It probably has been reported to this bug tracker already, so search for it and you'll most likely find a solution very quickly.

violine1101 2016-06-01T16:58:07Z

I guess this can be closed now, as it was probably caused by a corrupted file and is not an issue anymore.

??? 2016-06-02T14:09:32Z

What to do:

Reinstall Minecraft using a reliable browser and reliable internet. If it crashes again, check for java. If not there, install java.

carol brogden 2016-06-04T12:52:25Z

I'm afraid I don't have a "crash report" folder. I've deletd all but the saves and reinstalled again, tried using chrome and explorer browsers to download, I'm still getting the same launcher output "message"
have abandoned minecraft on the PC this week hoping for a new suggestion as to how to fix besides reinstalling minecraft?
I do have java version 8 update 91 (build 1.8.0)91-b15)

violine1101 2016-06-04T12:58:06Z

Do you have a Game Output tab or a Crash Report tab in the launcher?