When a game has been launched on one Microsoft account, and you attempt to open the game in a second account, it will report the second account does not own Minecraft: Java Edition.
It should be noted that it does not impede the ability to play. You can still hit "Play Demo" and the game will open and authorize normally without problem, provided you're logged in with the correct account.
Specific steps to reproduce;
Open the Launcher and log into any account.
Hit play to start the game.
Re-open (or switch to) the Launcher, and switch accounts.
Your Launcher should now instruct you to play in the Demo, or to buy the full game. Again, this does not impede playability, and users can still open the game normally.
This happens even after logging out of and restarting the Launcher entirely.
Edit: It's come to my attention that this may be a duplicate of MCL-19984; however, this also specifically states a potential cause.
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I would like to add a vote to this and re-open it. MCL-20048 and this ticket are two separate issues entirely, the former being about the lack of an "Add Accounts" feature making the process long and tedious, and the latter is regarding an actual authorization problem from within the Launcher itself. They are not the same issue by any means, a very minor exception being that they both deal with multiple accounts.
Once again bumping this, as this and MCL-20048 are different.
Hi there!
Please, attach launcher_log file.
Does this issue occur on the newest version of Launcher?
Are you logged in in both Xbox app, MS store, and Launcher with the same MS account?
Is your Windows and associated apps (Xbox app, MS store) up-to-date?
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Duplicates MCL-20048