1.20.1 Forge 1.20.1 keeps crashing, even without any mods

[Claytonapt6]

Disclaimer: this is an updated version of a post I made a few days ago with the debug log of the official Minecraft launcher, not curse forge, also making this because my previous Pastebin was deleted for some reason. I am going to paste what I said the other day for reference. link : https://pastebin.com/RQcFGqpW

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Hello, I am crashing upon attempting to load Minecraft under the forge launcher. First, I should start with the paste bin. ---DELETED---.  This was on the curse forge launcher as I could not find the log for the forge file installer. But I had the same issue on both so this should suffice. I have spent the past 5-6 hours on this and have tried many options, so I'll list my troubles so far.

I installed both Java 8 and 17, I then installed Minecraft from Minecraft.net, I already had the launcher apparently, so I didn't actually use that installation method until later (Minecraft dungeons on pc). I ran Minecraft on version 1.20.1 and the snapshot in advance and then closed Minecraft (I have done this all several years ago I should mention). I then attempted to run both the stable and latest release of the forge launcher, and received error code 1 on both, I reinstalled both java and Minecraft 3 times during the course of this and led to nothing. I then went and updated all of my drivers (ROG ZEPHYRUS G14 is the model, requiring ASUS drivers and already has a built-in app for driver updates. All to my knowledge correct versions of java, Minecraft, forge, and drivers alike.

I then tried the curseforge launcher, eventually led to the same result. However, this time given a notepad with the crash log as provided on the Pastebin, only censoring necessary information for privacy concerns. I also tried reinstalling curse forge while I was at it with no luck. I then read the crash logs and came across an error discussed in this article https://howfix.net/games/fix-minecraft-exception_access_violation-0xc0000005-error/#:~:text=Fixing EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) error 1 Reinstalling Java First,DEP ... 5 Changing the Options File . And this also did nothing to help my cause. and that leads me to now. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated as I truly do not know what else to do.

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[Paint_Ninja]

Use the AMD cleanup utility to properly remove the broken graphics driver (link with instructions here: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/gpu-601) and then follow the guide in the FAQ for downloading the new driver: https://forums.minecraftforge.net/topic/125488-rules-and-frequently-asked-questions-faq#:~:text=Forge immediately crashes on launch without any mods installed%2C how do I fix it%3F

Don't use ASUS' special app for updating the graphics driver in this case as it appears to not be working correctly.

Never turn off DEP like that howfix.net guide is suggesting - that will never solve the issue and only opens yourself up to security vulnerabilities.

Edited August 12 by Paint_Ninja
add cleanup utility link

[Claytonapt6]

Thank you so much bro this has been driving me nuts. It worked! And thanks for the advice

[sloupey]

I don't have an AMD driver and the issue is still occurring. What can I do

[Luis_ST]

If the solution above does not fix your problem, create your own thread and explain what's this issue (ideally with logs of launcher or game).