I have downloaded the forge 1.11.2 universal, installer, and jar files. None of these files will install. I have tried all three and none of them will even open. the closest I got was the run pop up for the installer. 

I have double clicked, I have tried to open them with java, and I have even tried running the installer as administrator nothing works.

I have even tried the 1.11 files and the same thing happens. Any help would be appreciated. by the way yes I disabled my antivirus before downloading and before trying to install(i know that can be an issue)

Edited May 12, 20178 yr by Aithion
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22 hours ago, diesieben07 said:

Run the installer from the command line and post the output.

 

how exactly do you do this? (sorry for not replying sooner I had to work all day)

It said unable to access the file. 

By the way, drop the passive aggressiveness, I asked for help because I'm not able to solve this problem. If you don't want to help then please feel free to have someone else help me solve this problem. 

If you're only trying to install and run mods, I'd highly recommend the Twitch App. This is what I use when I actually want to PLAY minecraft, not break it.

"Create Custom Profile" is the button to click if all the mods you want aren't already a modpack. When you install mods from the provided ones, it handles all the forge installation, dependencies, etc., and you can always add mods that Twitch/Curse doesn't offer to the mods folder that Twitch creates (on mac it's in Documents/Curse/Minecraft/Instances...).

 

That is exactly what is said, word for word.

 

You posted a link that was uncalled for. I simply asked how one would run it since I don't have much free time, working 12 hours a day 6 days a week leaves me with almost zero free time. so forgive me if i wanted to save some of my time by asking the person who responded a simple question about how to run it.

 

 

 

And since you were so helpful i had a friend of mine access my PC and he did finally get forge to install. It took about an hour and a half for him to get a copy of forge that didn't corrupt during download(which seems to have been the problem).

 

 

13 hours ago, T.S.White said:

If you're only trying to install and run mods, I'd highly recommend the Twitch App. This is what I use when I actually want to PLAY minecraft, not break it.

"Create Custom Profile" is the button to click if all the mods you want aren't already a modpack. When you install mods from the provided ones, it handles all the forge installation, dependencies, etc., and you can always add mods that Twitch/Curse doesn't offer to the mods folder that Twitch creates (on mac it's in Documents/Curse/Minecraft/Instances...).

 

 

Thanks for the suggestion but i only need forge to run one mod and I'd rather not have more mods than i need.

14 hours ago, Aithion said:

Thanks for the suggestion but i only need forge to run one mod and I'd rather not have more mods than i need.

You don't need to add any mods at all if you don't want to. You can also run different games with different versions, different sets of mods, anything you like.

Whether you're running one mod, ten mods or zero mods, it's an easy way.

 

I'm glad you got it all running. Maybe this will still be helpful when you update, or if it corrupts again.

16 hours ago, diesieben07 said:

• The link was not uncalled for. If you can't google simple questions on your own, you should not be on the internet. And don't give me the "I don't have time". Doing a 5 minute google search is way quicker than posting here and waiting for someone to respond.
• I don't know what your friend did, but it sounds terrible. You should use the installer to install forge and not copy things around.

 

Actually asking here was the better option I had to work the next day and i figured by the time i was able to look at this someone would have posted instructions(notice the time difference between me asking and my response to your link)

 

What my friend did was remote access my PC, he didn't "copy things around" he simply downloaded the installer and the used that installer on my PC. the installer would corrupt when downloaded on my PC.