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Minecraft Oct 29, 2026

Minecraft launcher says the game crashed after reinstalling Windows

Fresh Windows install, downloaded the launcher again, logged in fine. Hitting play gives a crash message before the game window even opens. Updated graphics drivers already. What else should I check?
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lindam Nov 04, 2026
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Graphics driver. After a fresh Windows install you're on the generic Microsoft display driver, which has no proper OpenGL, so Java Minecraft dies immediately while everything else looks fine. Go to Nvidia, AMD or Intel's site and install the real driver for your card, reboot, and the launcher will work. Don't bother reinstalling Minecraft, that's not the problem. If it still crashes after the driver, delete the runtime folder in .minecraft and let the launcher redownload Java.
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