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The browse list doesn't show .minecraft and when I manually typed in .minecraft before it didn't recognize an install folder. Also maybe not important but now I can't type the letter c in the installer, but I can everywhere else on my computer. I tried moving the .minecraft folder to a different place and trying there but it didn't show up again.

It shows the exact path but it ends at Roaming when I'm trying to install. When I go to browse it doesn't list .minecraft as an option. When I go to it normally not through forge I can find it and it has the launcher_profiles.json file and its in the roaming file. And I'm not quite sure what you mean by launcher, but I use the normal minecraft launcher, and whatever launcher forge came with if thats a thing.

I have the latest version of minecraft and forge. Whenever I open the installer and I'm given the option to install client it shows a message saying "There is no Minecraft directory set up. Either choose an alternative, or run the Minecraft launcher to create one. The .minecraft folder doesnt show up on this forge installer, but when I go in the roaming folder normally it is there. I've tried creating profiles on different minecraft updates and the equivalent forge, but it always shows the same message.