when i try to install minecraft appear an error that says
"minecraft" is not a valid short file name
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For what it's worth, I had this issue and did a little bit of digging into it. In my scenario, I had a previous install of Minecraft, but recently had the hard drive it was installed on die, and had to reinstall it on a different hard drive. After receiving this error when both trying to uninstall the nonexistent old version and when trying to install a new version, I opened regedit and proceed to use the "Find" tool to delete any reference of "Minecraft or Mojang." I'm sure there's a more precise way of doing this, but brute forcing it this way seemed to work after a restart, and I was able to install as normal.
Hey guys I've been getting this error still. The situation Incarnate describes is the same for me - HDD dies with old install on it, trying to install with a new HDD. I'm going to go ahead and use their fix but before I do I thought I'd give some extra info about the situation as having a CD (or any disk at all) inserted changes some behavior:
Executing the installer with a CD inserted lets me get to this screen:
And using either function gives me this:
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I don't have a blank CD to see what happens if there actually is space to use unfortunately ;c
Super weird stuff. Hope this helps in some way
Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft Launcher version 2.0.1003 / 2.0.1004? 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.
I'm currently having the problem installing the latest version of Minecraft. I have tried to delete all instances of Minecraft and Mojang but they haven't worked, I've tried changing the file names and locations. I don't know what version of Minecraft it is considering I can't even install it so.
I have been able to run Minecraft using the alternative download from Mojang. Here is the link to the alternative download: https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/alternative
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.