When loading minecraft from a separate disk than the OS, in this case, my Crucial SSD (C Drive) to the minecraft location set in my profile options (G Drive) the game crashes because of an IOException ' CreateProcess error=740, The requested operation requires elevation'. (I should also note that java is also installed on my G Drive). The crash can be seen from the Launcher log but not the game output.
[23:56:31 ERROR]: Couldn't launch game
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "G:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe" (in directory "G:\Users\Aidan\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft"): CreateProcess error=740, The requested operation requires elevation
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.process.direct.DirectGameProcessFactory.startGame(DirectGameProcessFactory.java:14) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at net.minecraft.launcher.game.MinecraftGameRunner.launchGame(MinecraftGameRunner.java:208) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.game.runner.AbstractGameRunner.onDownloadJobFinished(AbstractGameRunner.java:186) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:122) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_25]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=740, The requested operation requires elevation
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:386) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:137) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
... 11 more
[23:56:31 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Aidan\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8.2\1.8.2-natives-50437422910334
The problem can be fixed by running the launcher as an administrator.
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Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft Launcher version 2.0.805 / 2.0.806? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.
Keep in mind that the "Resolved"-Status on this ticket just means "Answered", and that we are waiting for further information on whether this issue still exists or not. It will be reopened it as soon as the requested information has been delivered.
It looks like drive G:\ had or has a Windows operating system installed on it, and you are trying to use restricted folders on that drive [Program Files (x86)]. The folders are still restricted because of persistent security descriptors, a feature of Microsoft's New Technology File System. In other words, you need elevation because the file system on disk G:\, in that particular location, requires it. The folders are restricted in the first place because Program Files are protected under User Account Control Policy, but they are restricted now because the file system says they are.
*I may be wrong