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  1. Minecraft Launcher
  2. MCL-19040

Minecraft crashed and now it won't launch again, says javaw.exe nonexistent

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    • 2.2.3555 (Windows)
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    • Running Windows 10 Home laptop; AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10 GHz processor; 8 GB RAM.
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      Minecraft Java Edition crashed in the middle of playing, freezing badly enough that I had to restart my PC. When I restarted it and went to relaunch it, the launcher gave me the following error message:

       

      Unable to decompress file.

      Error details: permission denied

      Filename on disk: javaw.exe

      Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\java-runtime-alpha\windows-x64\java-runtime-alpha\bin\javaw.exe

      Exists: Nonexistent

       

      Updating launcher and Minecraft itself did not resolve issue. Restart did not resolve issue.  Running launcher as administrator did not resolve issue.

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            thelink225 Emily I Brown
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