[MCL-5313] Launcher says that it has update, but won't

My Minecraft launcher says that it is in an older version of the launcher and says: "You are running an old version of the launcher. Please consider using the new launcher which will improve the performance of both launcher and game.

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MCL-5306 Launcher says that it has update, but won't Resolved

MCL-5324 Launcher says that it has update, but won't Resolved

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migrated 2017-01-31T21:54:41Z

Sorry Kumasasa for making multiple issues it's just it wasn't getting noticed and getting shoved down in the comments.

migrated 2017-01-31T23:50:11Z

Hey what do I do my launcher is broken

Morre 2017-02-01T13:17:30Z

This notice means that your version of the launcher won't be able to autoupdate, or that you're manually launching the jar instead of the exe. Consider getting the latest Minecraft installer and then launching the game from Minecraft.exe, and you hopefully shouldn't be seeing this.

migrated 2017-02-01T14:36:07Z

OK, thanks. I'm just having trouble understanding do you want me to delete then re-install it?

kumasasa 2017-02-01T14:41:18Z

Don't delete anything. Simply download the installation from https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/, install it and run it.

migrated 2017-02-02T16:16:54Z

The download didn't work what do I do?

kumasasa 2017-02-02T19:04:21Z

Please contact the community support, linked below.

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Nathan Adams 2017-02-06T11:18:46Z

Are you clicking on your old Minecraft shortcut (or a jar file, or something similar)? The new launcher added a shortcut in your start menu, you should use that from now on.