This seems to have started just a few days ago. I start up Minecraft using MultiMC (Build #71) It loads up and all but then displays this in the console:

2013-03-16 20:03:21 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] A problem occured instantiating the injected mod container net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDummyContainer
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unknown character '
at net.minecraftforge.common.Configuration.load(Configuration.java:613)
at net.minecraftforge.common.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:89)
at net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDummyContainer.<init>(ForgeDummyContainer.java:47)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.identifyMods(Loader.java:321)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:470)
at cpw.mods.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:161)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(Minecraft.java:412)
at asq.a(SourceFile:56)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:746)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] cpw.mods.fml.common.LoaderException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unknown character '
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.identifyMods(Loader.java:326)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:470)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at cpw.mods.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:161)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(Minecraft.java:412)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at asq.a(SourceFile:56)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:746)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unknown character '
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraftforge.common.Configuration.load(Configuration.java:613)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraftforge.common.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:89)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeDummyContainer.<init>(ForgeDummyContainer.java:47)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.identifyMods(Loader.java:321)
2013-03-16 20:03:31 [iNFO] [sTDERR] 	... 6 more

 

The mods I have installed are:

• Minecraft Forge 6.6.2.534
  
• Optifine 1.4.6 HD U D5
  
• Rei's Minimap V3.2.
  
• DivineRPG 1.2.8
  
• CodeChickenCore 0.7.3
  
• Not Enough Items 1.4.7.0
  
• Tree Capitator ML 1.4.6 r07
  
• BSPKR Core 1.01
  
• BuildCraft
  
• Damage Indicators 2.4.2
  
• Flan's Mod 2.1.1 Universal Plus content packs
  
• Tale Of Kingdoms V.1.4.2.7
   
   
  

 

Also here is the crash output Minecraft gives me id

      Minecraft has crashed!      
      ----------------------      

Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem; Failed to start game

A full error report has been saved to C:\Users\Kacperek\AppData\Roaming\multimc\instances\Minecraft 1\minecraft\crash-reports\crash-2013-03-16_20.13.03-client.txt - Please include a copy of that file (Not this screen!) if you report this crash to anyone; without it, they will not be able to help fix the crash 



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT c732c3fa --------
Full report at:
C:\Users\Kacperek\AppData\Roaming\multimc\instances\Minecraft 1\minecraft\crash-reports\crash-2013-03-16_20.13.03-client.txt
Please show that file to Mojang, NOT just this screen!

Generated 3/16/13 8:13 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.7
Operating System: Windows Vista (amd64) version 6.0
Java Version: 1.7.0_05, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 546004096 bytes (520 MB) / 648740864 bytes (618 MB) up to 4660396032 bytes (4444 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx5000m
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Suspicious classes: FML and Forge are installed
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
FML: MCP v7.26a FML v4.7.35.556 Minecraft Forge 6.6.2.534 Optifine OptiFine_1.4.6_HD_U_D5 2 mods loaded, 0 mods active
mcp [Minecraft Coder Pack] (minecraft.jar) 
FML [Forge Mod Loader] (coremods) 
LWJGL: 2.8.5
OpenGL: GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+/PCIe/SSE2 GL version 3.3.0, NVIDIA Corporation
Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'forge,fml'
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Texture Pack: Default
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null

cpw.mods.fml.common.LoaderException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unknown character '

Create a zip archive containing the config file at .minecraft/configs/forge.cfg

Attach that zip to a post, then delete the config file.