launcher crashes when i press play

I am experiencing this problem as well. It worked up until 2 days ago, then yesterday and continuing on since it fails. I press play and wait and nothing happens. Then I get an notice saying that Minecraft Launcher has failed and Windows will let me know when a solution is found.

I'm not sure what technical information about the computer I'm using you need is, please instruct me on what you need and how to get it to you and I will comply as soon as I receive your information.