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MCL-14610

Unable to launch Minecraft as a different user logged on computer

Unable to launch Minecraft with any other user than the user that installed Minecraft.

What I expected to happen was...:
Minecraft started

What actually happened was...:
Error message "Unable to start Minecraft, if you are running from a dmg, please drag to Applications and try again". Screenshot attached.

Steps to Reproduce:

Steps to reproduce this bug on a Mac:

 

  1. install minecraft (as an admin user)

  2. run minecraft (it works)

  3. switch to a normal user (or a different admin user)

  4. click on minecraft icon

  5. The error message "Unable to start Minecraft, if you are running from a dmg, please drag to Applications and try again" will appear on the screen

 

The same error occurs if you launch from the command line.

If you 'su admin' (the user that installed minecraft) then run the launcher then the launcher works. Appears to just be a permissions mistake when minecraft launcher is installed / updated.

 

+launcher_log.txt (from another admin user)
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[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.120978: NetQueue.cpp(232)] NetQueue: Setting up.
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.121096: mainOSX.cpp.mm(54)] Running launcher bootstrap (version 777)
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.127847: Common.cpp(32)] Native Launcher Version: 777
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.127876: Common.cpp(33)] Operating System: OSX Version 10.15.5 (Build 19F101)
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130495: Common.cpp(34)] Application Data directory: //.../minecraft
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130536: Common.cpp(35)] Executable Path: //.../launcher
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130552: Common.cpp(36)] App Directory dir: //.../Contents
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130565: Common.cpp(37)] Game data directory: //.../minecraft
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130579: Common.cpp(38)] Launcher dir: //.../launcher
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130592: Common.cpp(39)] Java dir: //.../jre-x64
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130606: Common.cpp(40)] TmpDir dir: //.../MinecraftLauncher
[Info: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130619: Common.cpp(41)] x64: true
[Error: 2020-07-08 18:57:46.130693: mainOSX.cpp.mm(94)] main executable is not writable: /Applications/Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher

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Hello Kevan, this looks like MCL-4011 which you commented on as well. Thanks for taking your time to report this, I will try giving this bug a whack next week.

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