I click the Minecraft icon on my laptop to open the launcher, which does not open but is 'in use' even though it is not responding.
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I Know how to fix it First copy your worlds and resource packs to another folder then delete minecraft launcher and then open run and type %appdata%Β and press enter and delete (.minecraft)file make sure u have copy your worlds to another folder and reinstall minecraft it will work now run minecraft 1 time and then quit it and open run and type %appdata% and go to .minecraft and put your worlds in saves folder it worked for meΒ
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