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We are aware of the issue and are looking into it!
Update: We've made some tweaks so it should now work, but we will keep monitoring to be safe. Please comment in this report if you are still experiencing similar issues!
When I try to open it, my mouse pointer does the loading sign (as it should be) and then just stops. I'm not experiencing any problems with my computer after I try to launch, it just continues as if nothing happened. I've checked the task manager to see if java started, but i see nothing. I updated java today, but i updated it after i first found out that minecraft wouldn't launch. I have also been looking for answers everywhere, but I'm seeing the same answers and none of them works. i played minecraft yesterday and it worked perfectly. My internet connection is also perfectly fine (using a internet cable).
Tried asking in the Community Support Discord Server, and it seems everyone from Norway are having this issue
It also seems that all of us who have this problem, had our Launcher.exe last modified on 18th of April 10:12AM and now it won't update further.
Here's a list of everything I've tried:
-Updated Java (jre 8.281)
-Updated my video card driver (Nvidia GeForce)
-Reinstalled my video card driver (Nvidia GeForce)
-Reinstalled Java
-Reinstalled Minecraft (new setup file)
-Changed compatibility mode
-Launched as admin
-Launched as admin with admin launch as default
-Launched from the main file (not the shortcut)
-Deleted everything i've had on minecraft (including FTB, Curseforge and Forge)
-Downgraded Java to 8.271 (launched as admin)
-Allowed the app to launch on windows
-It works on my laptop (Launcher.exe last modified on the 20th, cant replicate it though)
-Asked on the official minecraft discord server, no answers
-Only Norwegians are getting the problem (for the time being)
Third party launchers like MultiMC and Badlion lets you work around it and launch the game
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neither me or a friend can open it! but his buddy from finnland can!
I am norwegian too, and this issue is affecting me. I can also confirm that it seems to be a regional issue as neither of my belgian, dutch, estonian or czech buddies seem to be affected by it.
Can confirm issue. Only found Norwegians so far having the issue.
The amount of support requests from this issue will explode very soon when everyone gets back from school/work.
There is hardly anyone online on only Norwegian Minecraft servers either, so this seems to affect everyone in Norway on Java Edition on Windows.
I am having the same problem, attempted most of the same fixes myself listed in the report. I am also Norwegian. My friends from abroad can access the launcher and play.
Yup, same here for me and a friend (Norwegians BTW)
I wrote the text but i didnt post it, ima help blow this report up! Im having the same issue, IN NORWAY.
Exactly the same here. Tried 4 different computers and 2 different accounts. Norway.
I can also confirm that norwegian users cannot start Minecraft through the regular launcher, from other 3rd party launchers works great. With operating systems such as Linux and Mac seem to work just fine.
I have the exact same issue (In Norway)
Made a report of it before I discovered this thread MC-223726
Same here. Norway.
I have same problem, however I am NOT in Norway. I am in Sweden, But my account is Norwegian registrated, same with my pc. And i am norwegian myself.
Same problem here. Tried everything OP mentioned.
Added screenshot of player counts on only norwegian servers from yesterday and now in the same timeframe. Something is obviously very wrong. The only users online are those with Mac, Linux and third party launchers.
Can we get some sort of confirmation/acknowledgement that this issue is beeing worked on?
Several users reported that there was an update on the launcher last night. How ever I can not see any change in the version number on Linux and Mac. Was there a legitimate update that was pushed last night?
There are a lot of users impacted by this issue.
I, too, an a norwegian windows user, and if it's to any help, I checked my launcher logs. It seems it successfully updated and now dosen't launch. Maybye it would help launching from the previous version, but I don't know how.
Same here, from Norway. Worked yesterday but not today, does a spin when trying to open but fades away almost immidiately. Did everything I could come up with to fix it, to no effort. Trying compability mode in Windows Vista to see if it would install a previous launcher, nope, it will just do a spin and fade away. Reinstalled it completely, deleting both launcher folder and .minecraft but nothing seems to solve it.
Same! Norway here too
from Norway here as well, i can't seem to open my Minecraft launcher. i tried uninstalling then reinstalling but it does not work sadly
Me too
I have the same issue, and Windows 10 event log comfirms this bug!
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Same :-////
Cheers for letting us know, we are on it
Hey Mojang how long will the fix take?
Would someone mind uploading launcher_log.txt found in the Minecraft Data Folder after you've experienced the issue?
Here you go 🙂
I uploaded mine, hope it helps
I am in Canada and I having the same problem as Norwegians. How long you think they going to fix it.
We've reverted the update. If you restart Minecraft Launcher it should repair itself automatically hopefully
Restartet computer and flushed dns. Still not working im afraid.
The launcher_log was not changed either (20. april 2021, 11:23:37)
EDIT:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\game\.version
Says: 2.2.2311
Not sure if this is relevant.
@Ined I've deleted .minecraft folder and removed the launcher completely from the harddrive. I went to minecraft.net and downloaded the launcher again. Install was sucessful it said. Tried opening it via the desktop shortcut, but same issue remains for me, nothing happends, and no new .minecraft folder has been created.
@Ined I have reinstalled minecraft again, still doesnt work.
doesn't work yet :/
Not working with minecraft laucher, but now launching through Curseforge works, for this to work you need to find and delete the "install" folder for curseforge (for me its C:\Users\USERNAME\Twitch\Minecraft), restart the app and launch minecraft
I used Acronis to recover old version of MinecraftLauncher.exe and it now works! don't update to broken version. But Mojang you have to undo changes to the MinecraftInstaller.msi too! I tried multiple times to reinstall and it didn't work with installer. Installer is broken to!
Anyone is not in Norway having the same problems of starting their minecraft?
Same problem for me, after i updated...
I also had this problem today, but in Germany.
I've seen one or two reports each from Brazil, South Korea, and Poland. Haven't personally experienced it yet.
I use the old version of the minecraft launcher and haven't had the problem but all of my friends have.
And if you use something like Lunar client or MultiMC you wont have the problem I think.
(I'm in Norway)
I just uninstalled the game and deleted all files, started the pc in safe mode, restarted to normal, and then the installer and launcher worked again.
Uninstalled and installed the game again, it works.
Thank you!
Now works well as others has stated! Thank you!
Still not working for us who have not reinstalled the game.
We've made some tweaks so it should now work, but we will keep monitoring to be safe.
If you still are having issues I might suggest that you uninstall the launcher, restart Windows, download Minecraft Launcher again from https://www.minecraft.net/download and reinstall it.
Did a new restart and DNS flush. Still not able to launch. Same symptoms as before.
I have not reinstalled the game.
First case where a player could open the launcher. This player has a norwegian user, lives in Norway and has not opened Minecraft until now. I would suggest that you try to uninstall and reinstall the launcher.
I have exactly this problem and I'm also Norwegian. Seems to be some issue with ucrtbase.dll in system32. Interestingly enough, Worldpainter doesn't wanna launch either. I used both last night right before I went to bed and it worked fine then. I have tried to find a solution for 8 hours now, including rolling back three windows updates that were installed this morning, but it made no difference.
I also can't reinstall Minecraft through the link above. The installer claims my C-drive is not my local drive, which it is. If I try install it directly into the main C:\ folder and not in Program Files (x86) like it suggests, then I get error code 2318. Very strange, all of this...
So far, the only thing that has worked is starting Minecraft through MultiMC and copy my savefiles into MultiMC's folder. So that works for now and I can at least play, but it would be nice to continue my map in Worldpainter as well...
Update at 22:18
Still having the same problems here unfortunately. Hope it will be fixed soon.
Same problem here, have now tried everything above in addition to reinstalling after Mojang tweaks. Still not working.
I still have the same issues, won't launch
still having a problem with starting up the game! even after running a repair on the launcher...
Edit to add: unninstalled mc again, removed the old installers and emptied my trashbin. then i restarted my pc, and downloaded mc from the website! now it works. need to check if it works on the overwolf launcher too!
edit 2: do the same thing to overwolf! delete, restart pc, then install!
Still having this problem, i've tried to re-install the game, run it in Admin mode, tried to run it in Compatible mode, no luck... 😞
This issue should now be fixed: https://twitter.com/MojangStatus/status/1384777017577594881?s=20 - If you're still having the issue, uninstall the launcher and download it again from here
The issue is fixed for new users and users who did not open Minecraft yesterday.
It is not fixed for everyone who tried to open the launcher after the broken build was published before the revert.
I have created a guide in Norwegian on how to repair the Minecraft launcher here: https://skogliv.no/hvordan-reparere-minecraft-launcheren/
I hope this guide can help others who are still stuck with the broken launcher build.
Overwolf won't launch the launcher. I tried doing the thing Nathalie Sundfær did, but after doing it twice it doesn't work. Anyone have this same problem still?
I still have the same problem as stated before, I cannot install Minecraft Launcher as it refuses to acknowledge my local hard drive... It doesn't matter where I try to place it, I always get this same message. So I'm completely stuck...
Edit: It works again, I had to download the exe file directly from here and just skip the installation entirely:
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/alternative/
Still can't run any installations that involves Minecraft, which is very strange, so I hope I don't need to for the future.
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Very wierd still dosent work for me but when i changed my overall windows language from norwegian to english it worked
If you're still getting that "Installation directory must be on a local hard drive" error, try running the installer as administrator.
I got the same issue as Sivert after update today
I'm having the same problem. It's only just appeared within the last hour... but the strange thing is I'm in the United States
Sivert try doing what Simen said, it works for me now
I don't get why I'm still having this issue yet my computer or myself has no reference to Norway whatsoever. My language is set to English and my region is Unites States
Snowman somwhow it worked for me after changing my windows display language to Norwegian from english, then back to english again. Launcher updated and all good
Didrik,
I changed my display language from English --> Norwegian then from Norwegian --> English. I opened the launcher during both language changes, but the problem was not resolved for me
It's not working for me either
Also broken for me. Second time in three weeks.
Dear launcher team,
On the 17th of may we are doing a massive Minecraft event during the celebration for Norway’s national day.
22 000 people have already marked their interest for the event. We expect the player counts to be in the tens of thousands during the day.
Please, do not deploy this update again in the timeframe around or during the 17th of may.
It will be a complete disaster for all the kids who are looking forward to this, and all the Norwegian municipalities who have gathered their residents to celebrate virtually.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/158480012811085
Please. Do not redeploy this or another build that can cause similar issues around the 17th of may.
Thank you.
They did today!! redeploy the same issue! 😞
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I guess they don't want us to play this game anymore! 😞
Wow was hyped to play some good old Minecraft today and spent the whole night trying to troubleshoot this thing, so there is no workaround for us poor Norwegians then?
Only workaround is to use LunarClient or Badlion etc.
Thanks @Eirik Nilsen
still having this issue .-. is mc simply banned fromnorway now or?
In the US here, I am still having this problem on 2 of 3 computers. Both of the affected computers are new and this is possibly their first update. Installing C++ does not help. The unaffected computer is older had zero trouble updating.
I just installed MultiMC and then things started working, so I would recommend trying that in the meantime.
The game started working for me yesterday after a few hours of troubleshooting, altough im not sure what fixed.
What i did:
Updated to latest windows preview version
Windows language changes
After these to steps and all above the launcher suddenly updated and all was fine, could be a coincidence. I am also Norwegian
Same Issue here again, I'm a bit dissapointed this hasn't gotten any attention yet. We literally aren't able to open and play the game...
Having the same issue!
Issue still happening at 15:26 in Lima, Peru. Please I miss my game!
Please verify if this is still an issue
It worked for me yesterday by re-installing the launcher (another update was provided that fixed the issue for me). The bug tracker website was down yesterday so I couldn't say anything.
Thanks! Game is working for me RN, please be careful with this bug to avoid reproductions!
this is still an issue for me 😞
— We believe to have fixed the issue, it seems a broken build was distributed. If you still have issues please uninstall Minecraft Launcher and download it again from http://minecraft.net/download - Ined
Source: https://twitter.com/MojangStatus/status/1384777017577594881
The initial problem seems to be solved. The loader starts successfully.
However, the furnaces doesn't work if you're away from them. It seems like this problem has to do with the Norwegian Language Pack.
I´m from Brazil, Microsoft could not help me, i have the same issue. The Minecraft Launcher do not open.
Hi, I'm from Norway and have gotten this issue while installing Minecraft on my new computer. I've tried several fixes but nothing seems to work. I have uninstalled and redownloaded it several times as well.
try using lunar client?
My old launcher works just fine, but the new one launched recently refuses to open. Same symptoms as when the old refused to start. Installed via Microsoft Store.
Using Norwegian as system language.
"try using lunar client?"
This does not resolve the core issue that the native launcher is not working.
The new launcher is not working for me. Refuses to start.
The new launcher has this exact same issue in Norwegian. When Windows system language is set to Norwegian, the launcher does not open. When changing Windows to English, everything works.
This issue means noone can use the new launcher, if their language is Norwegian. Should be a high priority. New Minecraft players get the new launcher by default, and can not fallback to the old.
This is far beyond my comprehension that a bug like this still exists after over a year. This was fixed at some point, but still the same error appears again and again, and it seems that only Norwegians are affected.
For me as a customer, someone who has spent money on buying Minecraft, experience that the product I have bought does not work because of such a small thing is unacceptable.
Get a grip and just fix the problem that has occurred again. There is no reason for this to occur.
I'm running a english install of windows 10 with norwegian regional format, and I'm unable to open the launcher. If i change the regional format from "Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)" to "Recommended [English (United States)]", I'm able to open the launcher. This problem really needs to be fixed
Bumping this.
Still an issue on the new launcher - seems to be for Norwegians only.
If you as a Norwegian buy Minecraft today, you will be UNABLE to play it with Windows set to Norwegian.
This has now been an issue for MONTHS, since the new launcher was released!
Please note that the Mojang notice is old, from the same issue on the now old launcher.
Just to make sure, is this still an issue in the latest version of the launcher?
Yes!
This issue should be resolved. Ref: MCL-20948
Please try to update your launcher or reinstall it if it does not work.
sivertpaulsen
This is happening to me as well, I am Norwegian, reinstalled the game on a completly different harddrive, and nothing works. I can get the game to run by a third party launcher.