Launcher fails to launch game and then incorrectly claims that the game is already running

Does the issue persist after restarting your computer?

Yes it does, I've tried restarting a few times.

Yes it does, I've restarted my computer multiple times.

We do not have enough information to find the cause of this issue.

Please attach the full launcher log found in [minecraft/launcher_log.txt|https://minecrafthopper.net/help/guides/finding-minecraft-data-folder/].

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^{I can't find the full launcher log as you've explained, is this it? I've attached the files in the attachment section.}

Hmm, those are the logs from the game itself, but the launcher has a separate log that we need. Are you sure it doesn't exist? It should be directly inside of your .minecraft folder. Please try opening the launcher, launching the game once, close the launcher, and then look for the file.

Oops sorry, think it's here. 

Yup think I've found it here - thanks for that

Any luck with that?

Someone else reported this same issue earlier today, so this will need to be looked at by a dev. Your launcher log will be helpful to solve the issue though!

Okay, thanks. What do I need to do from here?

Or do I just wait to hear from you guys? 🙂

Hi Violine1101, do I need to present this error to a dev, or will you be doing it on behalf of me? I would just like to know so that I can make some progress with the issue and get playing again.

Just wait. The devs will take a look at this, just posting a ticket here is enough. In the meantime, you should be able to use the "Start anyway" button in order to play Minecraft.

That's the issue, Minecraft does not start when I select 'Start Anyway' so I cannot play at all at the moment.

Any ideas for why I can't play when I press 'Start Anyway'? Rather frustrating as I haven't been able to play for 3 weeks now.

Seriously, this happens to me _*laughs,_ just go back to Minecraft again, then it will bring you to the game. It worked for me.*

I wish it worked like that! I've tried that about 4 times in a row haha. Uninstalled and cleared all minecraft folders off of my pc. Checked firewall settings. Cleared all minecraft files before each restart on task manager... Soooo frustrating!

Ive Been Having the Same issue

me esta pasando...

Is it fix. Beacose it happens to me.

I am also having this issue. This is the second issue with the launcher this week!

i have the same problem

My brother is also having this issue when on the mcl

same keeps happening to me aswell

I have the same problem, but I don`t understand how to repair that from this what is type here. Can someone explain me this thing that, so I can understand how to repair that ??

I have a solution, I open Minecraft and from the task manager close Java then open Minecraft again, so it works for me, if it doesn't work try about twice as much

i haven't played in 3 weeks because of this problem, but today i got bored and just deleted all my mods like optifine, and like a miracle it successfully launched.

hi this is still happening to me in march 2021 and i haven't played since l3 weeks help plis

violine101 could you please just type anything that i should send or do to fix my game because i don't really understand any of this and i just wanna play the game

I have the same problem i tried every solution online nothing it won't launch unless go to vista or below which they are ending the compatibility what do i do

I didn't check this for like a month because my game was working but now I'm back because its not working again what do i do

we need help not just open and reopen plis

please stop resolving this issue because it isn't solved and my Minecraft isn't working and i just want to play.

yesterday it worked but after an hour it happened again

I have the same problem too

Posted same message on another but i realized this matches my problem more specific.

The same thing keeps happening to me. Once I start the game it starts normally when I press play until it starts to load. Then it just suddenly stops and says something like ''Minecraft doesnt answear''. I've tried looking for bugs or viruses on my computer, restarted it, completly  gotten rid och downloading the game again but nothing seems to work. I don't understand what could be the problem to this and me not having english as my first launguage is not helping here. It's really hard to understand what I should do. PLease help me. I'm kind of freaking out.

same problem here too. I tried deleting the .minecraft folder, then every trace of the game and re downloading it, I even tried running a factory reset on mp PC and getting the game new on what is functionally a new computer.

But nothing worked.

Needless to say I'm more than a little unhappy about this.

I've had this issue before and know how to fix it. Go to task manage scroll all the way down to where it says Minecraft launcher click on it, then at the left right it will say end task and it'll allow you to play Minecraft again, just make sure when you want to play Minecraft again, repeat this procedure.

This same thing is happening to me. Clearing the task from Task Manager didn't work. Re-installing the launcher didn't work. I have no mods installed, fresh install of Minecraft.