The minecraft unified launcher (The one available through Minecraft.net, which allows the player to play both Dungeons and Java Edition) will not execute.
After installing Windows 10, The launcher has never been able to be executed. It simply shows a brief moment where the loading symbol appears above the mouse indicator, but then disappears. No new tasks are shown in the task manager, including Java instances. It has been installed and reinstalled multiple times, along with other things such as Java and the Graphics drivers. Trying to run as administrator does not change anything, and neither does disabling all security software.
I am able to play Minecraft but only through third-party products (Such as Technic or MultiMC), so it is not an issue with executing the game, but the launcher itself.
I Have experienced the same issue with the .msi installer too, where a recent download will not run, but upon renaming the file or downloading a copy, it works fine (For some strange reason. I have absolutely no idea why this happens or how it could happen.) The same 'solution' has not worked with the launcher.
EDIT: There is no way to provide crash logs as there aren't any being generated. I will reiterate: The launcher will not execute at all, No new processes are being opened, I don't get a crash or error message. The launcher is simply completely unable to be executed. a .minecraft folder on %appdata% is not being generated, and the only content of the minecraft launcher folder is the executable itself.
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There is no way to provide crash logs as there aren't any being generated. I will reiterate: The launcher will not execute at all, No new processes are being opened, I don't get a crash or error message. The launcher is simply completely unable to be executed. a .minecraft folder on %appdata% is not being generated, and the only content of the minecraft launcher folder is the executable itself.
@Nicole Charalambous
How am I supposed to use the launcher if not by executing it?
If I was unclear, by "Executing" I am using the more technical term for running/launching a program on a computer, when I say the launcher won't execute at all, I mean it won't run, with no crash or error logs being generated, nor any new processes appearing on the Task manager. As I have also mentioned, the problem seems to stem from the launcher itself, and not the game, as I am able to play minecraft normally through third party means - this is, of course, not an ideal solution. I do wish to be able to use the official Launcher for more than a handful of reasons.
It may be that the launcher is not correctly installed. You might want to visit Community Support for help as this bug tracker is not a technical support site. Please let us know if you are able to get it to execute again.
I have followed through with the Community Support, but upon attempting to execute the launcher again it seems the problem has resolved itself. I am still not able to identify the cause of the problem, or what was exactly the thing that caused it in the first place, as I have not made any significant changes to my computer or my java executables since I followed through with Minecraft Support before i even made the ticket.
I do suspect it had something to do with corrupt files, and apparently this issue is linked to MCL-17485, as was pointed out by community support.
Regardless, my problem has been resolved (although again, i have no idea why.) and the ticket can be closed and marked as duplicated by the issue above.
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