phoreverman

Well just to follow on:- I went to follow your advice and as I was doing so I realised I had already done pretty much what you said as part of my original troubleshooting procedure. I had been thinking exactly along the same lines as you. However when I went back to download the latest version of Forge for 1.7.2 I noticed that ther was a download link that I swear was not there earlier. The link was for "Installer" not "Installer-win" or "Universal" or any of the others I had tried earlier. I feel like a bit of an idiot now because I had my text size turned up and it maybe the link was hidden behind one of the others due to this grrrrrrr. I dont know what the difference between the different download links is but thankfully the one I just used worked out fine so thanks for your advice though. -- Subject closed I guess J

Thanks Ill give it a shot. Just hate it when something doesnt work and I don't know why. Ill let you know if it works. J

Hi there, Im new to the forum and an intermediate minecraft user. I have been using MC1.6.4 with Forge and Optifine installed but I just got a new graphics card so I thought I would update. Wanted to go up to 1.7.9 but apparently there is no Forge for his yet so I moved and renamed my 1.6.4 .minecraft folder from appdata deleted my launcher and re-installed a new one from minecraft.net. Edited the profile to run 1.7.2 and loaded up to the main menu. All fine so far. Downloaded Forge for 1.7.2 from files.minecraft.net and when I run it it has the following error:- "The directory is missing a launcher profile. Please run the minecraft launcher first. I have already run the launcher and download 1.7.2. I have checked that there is a new .minecraft folder in my appdata and there is a 1.7.2 folder in the versions folder. Not sure what Im doing wrong any help appreciated.