Credits for this fix go to u/its_just_luci and u/Shadow_Walker137 on Reddit. If you have the "Unable to prepare assets for download" error,
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Please follow these instructions:
Close the launcher completely.
Download this legacy.json file:
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Navigate to %AppData%\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\indexes
Drop the file in that folder. Then try to start the Minecraft launcher.
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@Zgajak how do I delete this bug report? I found an actual fix - it's due to changes being made with the system's hosts file. Comments in MCL-23549{-}{-}
Hi, you can't delete your own tickets. Note that this site is a bug tracker, not a help desk, so you can only report bugs you've encountered, not possible solutions or troubleshooting steps. But thanks for looking into it. 🙂
Thanks for the report!
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Closing as Invalid.