"Fatal error occured (5): null" when starting minecraft :(

Minecraft

Game » consists of 10 releases. First released on Aug 16, 2011

#1 Posted by Dedodido (235 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

Ok, so I just found out about this piece of genius, but when I try to run it to give it a go, I just get this message saying:

Failed to Launch

Fatal error occured (5): null
Extracting: lwjgl.jar.lzma to lwjgl.jar

I've tried deleteing the files under appdata and re-launching, as well as reinstalling java, but to no avail.

Does anyone have any ideas?

#2 Posted by Hero_Swe (943 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

try the other exe on the page.

#3 Posted by Dedodido (235 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

Managed to sort it in the end by running the exe on a different PC to download the files and then transfering them over. Still pretty weird though.

#4 Posted by Stagger (1 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

I'm I'm having the same problem how can I fix it?

#5 Posted by TheBeast (1931 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

@Stagger: Try deleting Minecraft.exe and re-download it.

#6 Posted by GreyFox (135 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

I fixed it by downloading the other .exe.

Minecraft: The Other Exe.

Yup. I had to do it.

#7 Posted by papuccino1 (310 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago

This weekend Minecraft is free to play for anyone. Just visit www.minecraft.net and you can download the latest version that works.