launcher failed, help please

[bittercup]

It keeps saying this:

Unable to locate the Java runtime. Error details: 0x00000000 - system: The operation completed successfully. Filename on disk: javaw.exe Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\java-runtime-gamma\windows-x64\java-runtime-gamma\bin\javaw.exe Exists: Nonexistent

 

That or it'll say it can't find the 'ancestry.ogg' file, but I don't know what that is??

[ChampionAsh5357]

You don't have java installed on your machine, or in this case the launcher is not pointing to a valid JVM.

[bittercup]

But I do have java. I even checked it for updates before posting this. ): 

[ChampionAsh5357]

You could try pointing the java runtime in the game profile to the correct version on your machine. Go to installations, edit, more options, and change the java executable to point to your version of java. Alternatively, you could try redownloading the whole launcher since it seems it may have failed trying to download the runtime to run the game.