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Has their computer got glazed panels in the side, or has it got windows?

Oh shucks I thought they had found something different that the rest of us haven't

Sure but the op seems to say that they have changed java version, and all is good?

I speak a little German. So the original poster got a "Launcher has stopped"working" message, like a lot of folks here (including me) are reporting. But I'm not clear what they have done to fix it?

Hope you don't drive, try the right not the left. Alternatively, just use this link eh Jorcer? http://mirror.technicpack.net/files/technic-launcher-latest.jar

Probably against the rules but... *BUMP* Would really like a site admin to give this a try. 30 seconds work, would resolve a lot of problems for IE users being asked to download the .jar when the .exe doesn't work for them.

For the record, you are trying to run the game with half the minimum memory required. Please see http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/325948-what-are-the-system-requirements-

That's a strange Java version number. Could you clarify where it's come from? Latest Java from Oracle is 7 update 7. Maybe a typo by you?

My guess here would be that you have a load of other stuff running that is hogging the memory. And 1Gb isn't much these days. Try shutting down all other running programs.

Then maybe the common problems sticky needs an update. So come on bride spill the beans.

Sorry folks the formatting on my reply has gone screwy, especially numbering. Hey “bride” (is a noobie allowed to call you that). I know that you’re only trying to be helpful, but there is just so much disinformation in your post that I HAVE to comment. It’s NOT a Java issue. The latest version of Java is ‘bit’ agnostic. There’s only one version to download, not separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions, so it’s not possible with the latest version to end up with the ‘wrong’ version If you have a clean install and get the “stopped responding” message from the .exe then there is no .jar file in that folder It’s hard for non-technical people to download that .jar when it is not being served correctly by this site to IE users, and gets corrupted. Yet another barrier to using the workaround 1. See 2 and 3 above 2. I have tested this on Windows 32-bit XP, Windows 7 32-bit Home Premium, and Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate. The "stopped responding" message (different error on XP) and corruption of the .jar to a .zip occurs in all environments on IE 7, 8 and 9. 1. Agreed that the cause and the link between users is not understood, [so not a complete deconstruct then ] 2. Agreed that people are getting hostile, but perhaps that's partly because: 1. of the failure of any of the launcher developers to acknowledge that there may be a problem, rather than the cause being "stupid" users 2. the workaround being suggested is hard to achieve for non-techical people because people like you trying to help assume that they have a .jar file when they don't 3. if they try to get the .jar file, it gets turned into a .zip for IE users 4. repeated insistence by various "helpers" that the conversion of the .jar to a .zip is Microsoft's fault and people who use IE are stupid, when in fact it's a bad configuration on the technic server (and let's face it whatever you think of IE it still does have the largest market share source:http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/internet-explorer-takes-unexpected-jump-in-market-share-185575) 4. suggestions here that the anti-virus software could be a cause, and that anyway the version of the anti-virus software they are using is "wrong", neither of which is true. I believe I've actually seen more people here post about how removing a particular spyware from their systems has got rid of reported problems, than peope saying that switching off their AV software has fixed their problem. 1. Denial does not really suit somebody who is setting themselves up to try and help 2. There are just so many people here posting that they have the latest Java. 3. The .jar being mangled by IE into a .zip is NOT an IE issue, it's a technic server issue which I have already proved, and posted a suggested fix. Phew! Rant Over! Maybe we should look at this from another direction and get input from people who DON'T have this problem like you. My guess is that the people who are reporting issues have had a recent security patch to Windows installed that has caused the .exe to stop working. You don't have problems, have you by any chance disabled Windows Update? When was the last time you let Microsoft patch your Windows? What version of Windows and Java are you using?

If I am, maybe somebody should tell minecraft.net too? ;)

I don't believe it is an IE issue, which I hope I have demonstrated by providing a link to a jar file on another site which works with IE, and comparing it with the link to the jar file on this site, which does not. You can see that post at: http://forums.technicpack.net/threads/exe-launcher-has-stopped-working-fix.26930/page-2#post-215119

Launcher Version: Linux/Jar Operating System: Windows Java Version: N/A Antivirus Program: N/A Description of Problem: Mods please move this topic if isn't in the right place, I could not find another suitable place. This site downloads the latest .jar file to Windows Internet Explorer users as a .zip file. This is causing confusion on these forums, especially as downloading the .jar file is being suggested as a workaround for Windows users for whom the Launcher .exe does not work. I suggest that adding the following 2 lines to the top of the Technic web server .htaccess file which hosts these forums will get rid of this problem. Order deny,allow AddType application/java-archive jar Error Messages: None Error Log: None

It should be possible on the server side to force the file to be recognised as .jar archives. Direct URLs to .jar files CAN work in MS IE 9. Example: http://www.dd.ucar.edu/downloads/ddhl-20071105.jar However the direct URL on this site does not behave the same way, IE wants to save the file as a zip http://mirror.technicpack.net/files/technic-launcher-latest.jar so I would say that IE mangling the .jar file from this site IS definitely something to do with the Technic site/server config or file build. (For the record, I'm no fan of the MS browser, it's just that we've kept my son's laptop aligned to what he uses at school, which is IE) Edit: I have suggested a server side fix for this problem by starting a topic at: http://forums.technicpack.net/threads/fix-for-the-technic-server-sending-zip-files-to-ie-users.27041/

I seem to remember that the pseudo-logic in my server side code was something like: x=openfile(<filetobeserved>); Detect Browser If browser is Internet Explorer { <header typex> <content-type blah1> } else { <header differentype> <content-type blah2> } readfile(x); .... Back to the original subject, and pure speculation on my part. My launcher issue was for a brand new install. I assume that the launcher with its very small payload goes off to the server for the latest .jar file? By the time the launcher stopped for me, it had created the %appdata%/Roaming/.tecniclauncher folder but had not retrieved any files from the server. Could a recent patch to Windows have caused this fetch of the .jar file to "stop working"? Oh and when I was 12, man had just walked on the moon for the first time, IBM had not yet launched the first PC, so trolling was kind of difficult.

Limiting myself to technical discussion now. On my son's Windows 7 PC MS Internet Explorer thinks that the file being served is a .zip file and saves it with a .zip extension instead of a .jar. Windows itself is associating .jar files with Java. So IMO it's how the file is being served that is the problem. I had almost the opposite problem a few years ago where, because of the way I was serving .zip files, Internet explorer thought they were .txt files and tried to display them as text.

Because I am old AND educated.

So you are virtual parents. I'm the father of one of your usual demographic. This has been interesting for me, a real education for how Internet forums have changed, if this is a typical board. I'll let you go moderate now, and won't bother you anymore with this philosophical discussion. But I say again, if the site owner wants me to take a look at why the site under the covers is serving the .jar as a .zip to Some Windows users, I'd be happy to try and help.

No I'm not. I created one of the most popular fan sites to one the biggest selling PC game of 1999. The community board had over 5000 members, and was run on very different philosophy to here! I only joined here when my teenage son could not make this darn launcher work.

Maybe due to my age, I am used the old-fashioned ways of gently encouraging people to modify their behaviour, and politely suggesting that they haven't noticed some of the ground rules, seeing the value of nurturing any new members to my community, instead of immediately getting on their case and treating them like retards. But hey this isn't my community, and I'm trying hard to follow the rules. But they do seem rather unusual and aggressive when people who join are seeking help, and thus implicitly admitting that they already have a problem!

I can honestly say that I have never joined a board Like this where people mainly become members (I would imagine) because they need help, but are made to feel so unwelcome if they stray less than inch off the rules.

Hey I wouldn't dare to PM a mod/admin here, I read the rules. ;)

So a totalitarian community here then? ;)

A better fix would be to stop the site from serving the .jar file as a .zip You hacker and java programmer, me sysadmin and php developer. If a site owner would like to share the code that sits behind that "Linux/jar" button on the download page, I could probably offer a fix.