This issue was finally resolved in the launcher from the Microsoft store version 1.0.113.0.
Who ever did this. On behalf of Norway: Thank you! You are a legend <3
My old launcher works just fine, but the new one launched recently refuses to open. Same symptoms as when the old refused to start. Installed via Microsoft Store.
Using Norwegian as system language.
"try using lunar client?"
This does not resolve the core issue that the native launcher is not working.
Also broken for me. Second time in three weeks.
Dear launcher team,
On the 17th of may we are doing a massive Minecraft event during the celebration for Norway’s national day.
22 000 people have already marked their interest for the event. We expect the player counts to be in the tens of thousands during the day.
Please, do not deploy this update again in the timeframe around or during the 17th of may.
It will be a complete disaster for all the kids who are looking forward to this, and all the Norwegian municipalities who have gathered their residents to celebrate virtually.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/158480012811085
Please. Do not redeploy this or another build that can cause similar issues around the 17th of may.
Thank you.
The issue is fixed for new users and users who did not open Minecraft yesterday.
It is not fixed for everyone who tried to open the launcher after the broken build was published before the revert.
I have created a guide in Norwegian on how to repair the Minecraft launcher here: https://skogliv.no/hvordan-reparere-minecraft-launcheren/
I hope this guide can help others who are still stuck with the broken launcher build.
Did a new restart and DNS flush. Still not able to launch. Same symptoms as before.
I have not reinstalled the game.
Still not working for us who have not reinstalled the game.
Restartet computer and flushed dns. Still not working im afraid.
The launcher_log was not changed either (20. april 2021, 11:23:37)
EDIT:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\game\.version
Says: 2.2.2311
Not sure if this is relevant.
Here you go 🙂
Added screenshot of player counts on only norwegian servers from yesterday and now in the same timeframe. Something is obviously very wrong. The only users online are those with Mac, Linux and third party launchers.
Can we get some sort of confirmation/acknowledgement that this issue is beeing worked on?
Several users reported that there was an update on the launcher last night. How ever I can not see any change in the version number on Linux and Mac. Was there a legitimate update that was pushed last night?
There are a lot of users impacted by this issue.
Can confirm issue. Only found Norwegians so far having the issue.
The amount of support requests from this issue will explode very soon when everyone gets back from school/work.
There is hardly anyone online on only Norwegian Minecraft servers either, so this seems to affect everyone in Norway on Java Edition on Windows.
Can confirm issue. Seems to be the same issue as MCL-17657
Multiple people including my self are unable to open the Java Edition launcher on Windows 10. Linux works fine.
Seems based on user reports to only happen for users i Norway.
I have not found any other user reporting this issue except norwegians.
https://twitter.com/pskeeee/status/1384444273274277890
https://twitter.com/CarlTakahashi01/status/1384422457440931840
https://twitter.com/GraceFireHeart/status/1384398285834752001
Can confirm issue. Multiple people including my self are unable to open the Java Edition launcher on Windows 10. Linux works fine.
Seems based on user reports to only happen for users i Norway.
I have not found any other user reporting this issue except norwegians.
https://twitter.com/pskeeee/status/1384444273274277890
https://twitter.com/CarlTakahashi01/status/1384422457440931840
https://twitter.com/GraceFireHeart/status/1384398285834752001
This issue should be resolved. Ref: MCL-20948
Please try to update your launcher or reinstall it if it does not work.